Playing with metal: fracture implants and contact sport.
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Playing with metal: fracture implants and contact sport.
OBJECTIVE To assess the outcome of athletes returning to contact sport with indwelling fracture implants. METHOD A retrospective analysis of professional rugby union players competing in the South Wales premier league. RESULTS Fifteen athletes were identified who had returned to competitive rugby union with retained fracture implants during the period 1990-97. After fracture fixation, the p...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.31.4.319