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Int J Sports Med 1999; 20(1): 53-55
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971092
Orthopedics and Clinical Science

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Overuse Epiphyseal Injury of the Coracoid Process as a Result of Archery

A. Naraen, K. A. Giannikas, P. J. Livesley
  • King's Mill Centre NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire
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08 March 2007 (online)

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A previously unreported overuse injury of the coracoid process in an eleven years old archer is presented. Diagnosis was made on clinical grounds in association with the radiographic appearance of the unfused physis. The pathology and the management are presented and discussed.

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Shoulder - coracoid process - physis - sports injury

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