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Int J Sports Med 1996; 17(4): 303-304
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972851
Orthopedics and Clinical Science

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Stress Fracture of the Sternum in a Golf Player

E. J. Barbaix
  • Free University Brussels (VUB), Department of Manual Therapy, Brussels, Belgium
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09 March 2007 (online)

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A case report is presented of a stress fracture of the sternum in a golf player occurring some weeks after modifying training habits. An ultrasound screening test was used successfully and the diagnosis confirmed with a positive technetium bone scan. The patient had explorative surgery elsewhere. This case is compared to another case described in 1987 by Ke<ating in a wrestler.

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Stress fracture - golf - sternum - ultrasound