Acute hyperextension/valgus trauma to the elbow in top-level adult male water polo goalkeepers: a cause of osteochondritis disecans of the capitellum?
We report on 2 cases of hyperextension/valgus elbow injuries in two adult male national team water polo goalkeepers. Both were healthy and had never sustained any major injuries of the elbow. Mechanism and type of injury in both of them was identical. Different medical treatment protocols of these injuries possibly have led to different outcomes, with one of them developing osteochondritis dissecans (OCD). Inadequate medical treatment of acute impact elbow injuries could lead to osteochondritis disecans of the elbow in top-level adult male water polo goalkeepers.
St Catherine Specialty Hospital, Bracak 8, Zabok, Croatia. Electronic address: eduardrod1508@gmail.com.
Eduard
E
Rod
Alan
A
Ivkovic
Igor
I
Boric
Sasa
S
Jankovic
Andrej
A
Radic
Damir
D
Hudetz
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000293:injuries; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010008:Osteochondritis Dissecans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012146:Rest; D055815:Young Adult; D000092464:Elbow Injuries
Goalkeeper; Hyperextension; Osteochondritis disecans of capitellum; Repetitive elbow injury; Water polo