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


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Stress Fracture of the First Rib in a High School Weight Lifter

Hiroyuki Fujioka^1,2

, Takeshi Kokubu², Takeshi Makino², Issei Nagura², Narikazu Toyokawa², Atsuyuki Inui², Ryosuke Sakata², Masahiro Kurosaka²

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Received: 18-03-2009
Accepted: 04-05-2009
Published (online): 01-06-2009

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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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