title: Recurrent fracture of the humerus in a softball player.
abstract: Fracture of a normal humerus can occur during the act of throwing an object. We present the case of a young woman who sustained a spiral fracture of the distal humeral shaft with concomitant radial nerve palsy while throwing a softball and who, after clinical and radiographic evidence of bony healing, suffered a repeat humerus fracture, also while throwing a softball.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kuschner
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000150:complications; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence