Recent Articles
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August 09, 2021 Case Series
Abstract Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is increasingly used as an adjuvant therapy in the management of nonunions, delayed unions, chronic stress fractures, bone marrow edema and more recently fresh fractures. This is in an effort to increase union .....
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October 23, 2017 Research Article
Abstract Introduction: Humerus fractures remain to be in the spectrum of multiple treatments. With the evolution of surgical care, newer methods of treating humerus fractures are coming to light, most important being minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (M.....
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July 04, 2017 Review Article
Abstract Stress fractures of the lower limbs are commonly observed in both military and physically active civilian populations. They represent a breach in the bones capacity to tolerate repetitively applied mechanical loading such that repair is exceeded by s.....
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April 11, 2017 Review Article
Abstract Treating vitamin D deficiency is of key importance in preventing stress fractures. The importance of nutrition in athletes is essential, especially in the female athlete. Both inadequate intake of calcium, vitamin D or inadequate caloric intake, are .....
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February 27, 2017 Research Article
Abstract Background: Our goal was to test the influence of the anatomical position of the head in relation to the femoral neck on the quality of Hip Geometry (HG) for a better diagnosis of people running risk of femoral neck and trochanter fractures. The pr.....
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February 02, 2017 Case Report
Abstract A 47-year old cross-country skier experienced continuous low back pain. It started after several years of skate skiing, an advanced technique used by cross-country skiers. It was determined that his form was less than ideal, which led to the lumbar.....
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August 12, 2016 Research Article
Abstract Cyclists that use drop handlebars are forced to hyperextend their c-spine in order to be able to view the road in front of them. Contrarily, cyclists that use a standard handlebar can view the road without the need to hyperextend. It is the contentio.....
