title: Stress injury of the lunate in tennis players: a case series and related biomechanical considerations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate clinical and imaging differential diagnosis and tennis stroke biomechanics potentially involved in lunate stress injury pathogenesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present report describes five competitive tennis players with overuse-related dorsal wrist pain assessed by magnetic resonance imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the presence of lunate stress injury. All players were treated conservatively, with symptom resolution and complete functional recovery achieved at 14 weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lunate stress injuries should be considered in the differential diagnosis of overuse-related dorsal wrist pain in tennis players.
authors.affiliation: High Performance National Sports Center, CeNARD, Buenos Aires, Argentina. jmaquirriain@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maquirriain
authors.forename: Juan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ghisi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013715:Tennis / Q000293:injuries*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy