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A stress fracture is a fatigue-induced bone fracture caused by repeated stress over time. Instead of resulting from a single severe impact, stress fractures are the result of accumulated injury from repeated submaximal loading, such as running or jumping. Because of this mechanism, stress fractures are common overuse injuries in athletes. [1]
The fracture is usually a hairline fracture, commonly missed on normal X-rays. Symptoms are pain aggravated by gripping, tenderness over the hamate and symptoms of irritation of the ulnar nerve. This is characterized by numbness and weakness of the fifth digit with partial involvement of the fourth digit as well, the "ulnar 1½ fingers".
A corner fracture or bucket-handle fracture is fragmentation of the distal end of one or both femurs, with the loose piece appearing at the bone margins as an osseous density paralleling the metaphysis. [8] The term bucket-handle fracture is used where the loose bone is rather wide at the distal end, making it end in a crescent shape. [9]
Grace died the next day, on 14 September, while Stéphanie sustained a hairline fracture of a neck vertebra. Although the official report of the incident was that Grace suffered a stroke while driving, rumors began that Stéphanie, who had to miss her mother's funeral due to her recovery, was the one actually driving.
Jul. 30—Trevor Story's hand injury is more serious than initially known. The Red Sox announced Saturday that Story has a small hairline fracture in his right hand near his wrist, which was ...
Femoral head fractures are very rare fractures of the upper end (femoral head) of the thigh bone ().They are a very rare kind of hip fracture that may be the result of a fall like most hip fractures but are more commonly caused by more violent incidents such as traffic accidents They are categorized according to the Pipkin classification based on the following bone fracture patterns: [1]
A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture ). This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta , lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors , [ 1 ] or infection. [ 2 ]
[3] [4] In late December, towards the end of filming, Galrani suffered a hairline fracture to her right hand during a karate chop sequence. [5] By the end of the month, the title was revealed as Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran. [6] Ezhil said the title was a reference to a Tamil proverb about the apparent devotion of Englishmen towards their ...