Metacarpal stress fracture in amateur tennis player - an uncommon fracture

ABSTRACT Most stress fractures occur in the lower limbs and are rarely observed in the , upper limbs. The second metacarpal is the longest of all the metacarpals and has the largest base, articulating with the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and third metacarpal. In athletes, stress fractures in non...

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Main Authors: Márcio Luís Duarte, Renan Rocha da Nóbrega, José Luiz Masson de Almeida Prado, Luiz Carlos Donoso Scoppetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162017000500608&lng=en&tlng=en