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- Title
Recurrent Complete Proximal Tibial Stress Fracture in a Basketball Player.
- Authors
Larson, Christopher M.; Traina, Steven M.; Fischer, David A.; Arendt, Elizabeth A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the recurrent complete proximal tibial stress fracture in a basketball player. The tibia is the most common site of stress fractures in athletes. Anterior cortex midshaft tibial stress fractures are often associated with significant morbidity, including delayed union, nonunion, and complete fracture. Stress fractures of the posteromedial tibial shaft and proximal tibial metaphysis are common and have been reported to heal readily with rest. There are reports of isolated stress fractures of the medial or lateral tibial plateau. A 21-year-old Division I college basketball player with a history of bilateral knee pain was evaluated with increasing pain in the tibial tubercle region. His medical history was significant for a right ankle fracture in grade 9 that was treated non operatively. He began developing symptoms consistent with bilateral patellar tendinitis in grade 11 and had increasing right ankle pain consistent with ankle impingement in grade 12. The current case shows the difficulties in managing this fracture and that a high index of suspicion might be important in making an early diagnosis.
- Subjects
TIBIA; BONES; LEG fractures; BONE fractures; BASKETBALL players; TENDON diseases
- Publication
American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2005, Vol 33, Issue 12, p1914
- ISSN
0363-5465
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0363546505274715