title: Tibial tuberosity avulsion in an adolescent diver.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We describe an unusual mechanism of action for a proximal tibial fracture in an adolescent.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient injured his leg while jumping off a spring diving board and sustained a proximal tibial physeal fracture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of these fractures occur when an athlete jumps up from a stationery platform, most commonly in basketball.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article describes an unreported cause of a proximal physeal fracture secondary to an athlete jumping off a spring diving board.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gittins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004242:Diving / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome