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Bilateral femoral stress fractures in a child due to in‐line (roller) skating
Author(s) -
Toren A,
Goshen E,
Katz M,
Levi R,
Rechavi G
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08903.x
Subject(s) - medicine , limp , stress fractures , surgery
We report a child who presented with a limp following 6 weeks of strenuous roller skating. Directed X‐rays on admission were normal but a 99m Tc‐methylene diphosphanate bone scan demonstrated increased uptake in the mid‐thirds of the femurs compatible with grade IV stress fracture. Immediate abstention from roller skating for 5 weeks resulted in a complete cure. The “new” side effect of this increasingly popular sport is discussed with regard to paediatric stress fractures and to other roller skating‐associated injuries.