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Comparative Analysis of Lower Limb Kinematics between the Initial and Terminal Phase of 5km Treadmill Running
Published on: July 17, 2020
[Petrotrochanteric stress fracture after fitness running]
Zaid T J al-Aubaidi1, Thomas Lind
1Hillerød Sygehus, Ortopaedkirurgisk Afdeling O.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|July 23, 2003
Abstract:
We describe a case of pertrochanteric stress fracture in a 62-year-old woman due to a sudden increase in medium distance running. Symptoms started after 11 weeks. The diagnosis was made six months after debut of symptoms. The x-ray revealed a pertrochanteric fracture which had healed in 105 degrees of varus.
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Purposes
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