Bilateral First Rib Stress Fractures with Pseudoarthrosis in a Young Weightlifter: A Rare Cause of Shoulder Pain / 대한스포츠의학회지

Isolated stress fracture of the first rib is quite rare cause of uncertain shoulder pain in athletes. These fractures are stress induced and precipitated by repeated traction of muscles acting on the first rib. A prompt diagnosis can shorten the time required for healing and decrease the risk of associated complication as nonunion or pseudoarthrosis. The diagnosis can be made by taking a thorough history and performing chest X-ray, computed tomography, or bone scan. Early recognition and proper management generally lead to successful outcomes and return to normal activities. Typically, they heal with conservative treatment with rest and mild analgesia. This report describes stress fractures of bilateral first rib in a weightlifter, one of which developed into a pseudoarthrosis as a result of persistent overhead activities due to missed diagnosis.

How do different sporting activities affect bone patella volume? a descriptive pilot study / ¿Como afectan las diferentes actividades deportivas el volumen de la patela? un estudio piloto descriptivo

The aim of this study was to compare the patella bone volume of sedentary men with that of elite male sportspeople, including judoka, cyclists, weightlifters, and taekwondo athletes who were members of Turkish National Professional Teams. All subjects had no history or clinical signs of an orthopaedic disorder such as osteoarthritis or acromegaly. The right and left knees of all groups were placed side by side in a supine position and were scanned by high resolution imaging with multidetector computed tomography. The differences between the volume of right and left patellae of sedentary men, judoka, cyclists, weightlifters, and taekwondo athletes were statistically significant. The average left patella of a professional cyclist and the average right patella volume of a sedentary man were maximum and minimum, respectively. The results demonstrated that the patella volume of cyclists was significantly larger. According to the literature, patella bone volume was associated with a reduced rate of annual patella cartilage volume loss, so cycling early in life may prevent patella cartilage loss in the future.

El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar el volumen de la patela en hombres sedentarios con la patela de deportistas de elite, incluyendo judokas, ciclistas, levantadores de pesas y atletas de taekwondo, miembros de equipos profesionales nacionales turcos. Los sujetos del estudio no tenían antecedentes o signos clínicos de una enfermedad ortopédica como la osteoartritis. Las rodillas derecha e izquierda de los individuos de todos los grupos se colocaron una al lado de otra, en posición supina y fueron escaneadas por tomografía computarizada multidetector de alta resolución. Las diferencias entre el volumen de la patela derecha e izquierda de los hombres sedentarios, atletas judokas, ciclistas, levantadores de pesas y atletas de taekwondo fueron estadísticamente significativas. El volumen promedio de la patela izquierda de un ciclista profesional y el volumen promedio de la patela derecha de un hombre sedentario fueron de máximo y mínimo, respectivamente. Los resultados demostraron que el volumen de la patela de ciclistas fue significativamente mayor. De acuerdo a la literatura, el volumen del hueso de la patela fue asociado con una pérdida anual de volumen del cartílago, razón por la cual el ciclismo en una edad temprana puede prevenir la pérdida de cartílago de la patela en el futuro.

A Study about Changes in the Lumbosacral Region and Wrist of the Adolescent Weightilifters / 대한정형외과학회잡지

The weightlifting is a sort of the sport, which has objects to promote the physical condition and to develop the fundamental strength in the adolescent period, but thete been no interests from the view points of sports injuries for weightlifting. So the authors have studied the changes in the lumbosacral region and wrist of the adolescent weightlifters and the results obtained are as follows; 1. The increase in the lumbosacral angle has a statistically significant relationship with the low back pain in the adolescent weightlifters. 2. The ulnar variance shows statistically significant increase than the control group and its increase seems to be a causative factor in developing wrist pain among the adolescent weightlifters.