Citation

Toren A, Goshen E, Katz M, Levi R, Rechavi G. Acta Paediatr. 1997; 86(3): 332-333.

Affiliation

Paediatric Haemato/Oncology Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9099330

Abstract

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 99mTc-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.

Language: en