Premature Growth Plate Closure in a Ballet Dancer en Pointe
| Autor: | Selina Shah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty Right second toe Adolescent business.industry Cumulative Trauma Disorders Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 030229 sport sciences Cumulative trauma disorder Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Growth arrest Medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Metatarsal head Female Growth Plate Ballet dancer Closure (psychology) Dancing business Epiphyses |
| Zdroj: | Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. 27(5) |
| ISSN: | 1536-3724 |
| Popis: | A 13-year-old ballet dancer who had been dancing en pointe (on the tips of the toes) since 10 years presented to the clinic with a shortened right second toe. She had no previous history of pain or trauma. She was diagnosed with premature growth arrest of the second metatarsal head physes resulting in a shortened metatarsal. This is the first reported case of premature growth arrest in a ballet dancer as a result of dancing en pointe. |
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