Stress Fracture of the Distal Radius Caused by “Wheelies”

Eisenberg, David P.; Sg, Kirchner; Ne, Green

doi:10.1097/00007611-198607000-00039

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“…A stress fracture of the distal diaphysis has also been reported in a 12-year-old boy who reported several months of repeatedly performing “wheelies” on his bicycle. [2] Plain radiographs were diagnostic with an obvious fracture and periosteal reaction. He was treated in a long arm cast for 4 weeks, with complete resolution of symptoms.…”

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Stress Fracture of the Radius Diaphysis in a Skeletally Immature Wrestler

McKeon

Talerico

Calfee

2012

The Journal of Hand Surgery

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Stress fractures in the forearm are rare events. Failing to detect a nondisplaced stress fracture could lead to further injury or fracture displacement. We present a case of a 15-year-old male wrestler without overt risk factors who presented with a transverse stress fracture in the middle-third of the radial diaphysis. The clinician should consider this diagnosis when examining athletes with otherwise unexplained forearm pain.

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