title: Bilateral femoral stress fractures in a child due to in-line (roller) skating.
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.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Haemato/Oncology Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toren
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goshen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rechavi
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015775:Fractures, Stress; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012861:Skating