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Lee, Yoon, Kim, Yang, and Oh: Throwing Induced Non-stress Humeral Shaft Fracture – A Case Report –
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Korean J Sports Med 2011;29(1):68-71.

Published online: 20 January 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5763/kjsm.2011.29.1.68

Throwing Induced Non-stress Humeral Shaft Fracture – A Case Report –

Wooseung Lee, MD, Jung Ro Yoon, MD, Young-Bae Kim, MD, Jae Hyuk Yang, MD, Seongrok Oh, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received 24 September 2010       Revised 3 November 2010       Accepted 13 January 2011

Copyright © 2011 The Korean Society of Sports Medicine

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Throwing induced humeral shaft fracture can be occurred by repeated torsional load or sudden torsional load. We report a case of a 33-year-old man with throwing-induced non-stress humeral shaft fracture.

Keywords: Humeral shaft, Non-stress fracture, Throwing

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Fig. 1.
Preoperative radiographs show a spiral fracture of distal 1/3 of left humeral shaft.
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Fig. 2.
Postoperative radiographs show the other fracture line proximal to upper end of the lateral plate (arrow).
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Table 1.
Domestic articles on the thrower's fracture of the humerus
Articles Causes Case numbers
J Korean Orthop Assoc 1974 (Lee et al.2)) Repetitive Throwing Hand Grenades 2
J Korean Orthop Assoc 1981 (Jung et al.3)) Repetitive Throwing Hand Grenades 4
J Korean Orthop Assoc 2008 (Baek et al.9)) Repetitive Pitching 4
Total   10
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