Background: Little is known about injuries to the adductor magnus (AM) muscle and how to manage them.
Purpose: To describe the injury mechanisms of the AM and its histoarchitecture, clinical characteristics, and imaging features in elite athletes.
Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.
The supracondylar process of the humerus is an anatomic variant present in 1% of the population associated with a fibrous band, the ligament of Struthers that attaches it to the medial epicondyle, and may serve as a proximal origin of a fascicle of the pronator teres. Fractures of the supracondylar process of the humerus are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a stress fracture of the supracondylar process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess rectus abdominis (RA) thickness and injury prevalence using ultrasound in a group of professional tennis players. Observations with regard to muscle fiber repair is described. We likewise studied the potential link between RA volume asymmetry and the risk of muscle strain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are 12 reported cases of metacarpal stress fractures in athletes, with only 4 of them involving the second metacarpal.
Purpose: The authors describe stress fracture of the second metacarpal bone in teenaged tennis players and the relationship with sport intensity and type of grip used. They also demonstrate that magnetic resonance imaging is the diagnostic study of choice to differentiate this entity from the most common cause of pain in this region of the hand in tennis players-the carpal boss.