Stress fracture of the hamate body and fourth metacarpal base following military style push-ups: an unusual trauma mechanism.
We report the case of a 19-year-old male soldier, who sustained stress fractures of the hamate body and fourth metacarpal base due to his daily knuckle push-up routine in the military. We introduce repetitive microtrauma due to daily knuckle push-ups as an unusual, but potential trauma mechanism for metacarpal and carpal stress fractures.
Departments of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. marcbusche@web.de
Marc N
MN
Busche
Karsten
K
Knobloch
Herbert
H
Rosenthal
Peter M
PM
Vogt
D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000209:etiology*; D051225:Hamate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D008889:Military Personnel; D055070:Resistance Training / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult