A junior high school baseball player who developed fatigue fractures at 3 sites within a period of 10 months

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  • 10カ月間で3部位の疲労骨折を来した中学生野球選手の1例

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<p>INTRODUCTION: The case of a junior high school student baseball player who developed fatigue fractures at 3 sites within a 10-month period is reported.</p><p>CASE: A 14-year-old baseball player (junior high school student, boy) consulted our facility, complaining of lower back pain, towards the end of February 2017. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine led to the diagnosis of lumbar spondylolysis at the L5 level. Treatment with a hard corset was started. Three months later, bone fusion was confirmed by computed tomography (CT) and the boy resumed playing baseball by about mid-June. Then, in early-August of the same year, he presented with pain in the left sciatic region. At that time, MRI confirmed fatigue fracture of the left inferior ramus of the pubis. Physical therapy was initiated and the boy again resumed playing baseball by late October of the same year. Subsequently, in mid-December of the same year, the boy presented with pain in the right buttock. MRI led to the diagnosis of fatigue fracture of the right femoral neck. With avoidance of loading of the affected area plus exercise therapy and low-intensity pulse ultrasound therapy, the boy began running and soon resumed playing baseball.</p><p>DISCUSSION: In patients with repeated complaints of pain related to sports activities, early diagnosis and treatment are important, with the possibility of repeated occurrence of fatigue fractures borne in mind; recurrence of fatigue fractures must be prevented by taking care of the exercise environment, activity level, etc., in cooperation with the sports instructors.</p><p>CONCLUSIONS: In a rare case of repeated fatigue fractures, the factors involved in the onset and the course until resumption of the sports activity were analyzed.</p>

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