Case report - (2009)08, 308 - 310
Stress Fracture of the First Rib in a High School Weight Lifter
Hiroyuki Fujioka1,2, Takeshi Kokubu2, Takeshi Makino2, Issei Nagura2, Narikazu Toyokawa2, Atsuyuki Inui2, Ryosuke Sakata2, Masahiro Kurosaka2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Hiroyuki Fujioka
✉ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, 663-8501, Japan.
Email: hfujioka@hyo-med.ac.jp
Received: 18-03-2009 -- Accepted: 04-05-2009
Published (online): 01-06-2009
ABSTRACT

A 17-year-old boy, who played a weight lifting in high school, sustained stress fracture of the first rib without any causes. We successfully treated first rib stress fracture with limitation of using the upper extremity and with using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound.
Key words: Stress fracture, low-intensity pulsed ultrasound, first rib, weight lifting.

Key Points
  • Stress fracture of the first rib in a weight lifter was successfully treated with limitation of sports activity and with LIPUS treatment.








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Stress Fracture of the First Rib in a High School Weight Lifter
Hiroyuki Fujioka, Takeshi Kokubu, Takeshi Makino, Issei Nagura, Narikazu Toyokawa, Atsuyuki Inui, Ryosuke Sakata, Masahiro Kurosaka
2009(08), 308 - 310.