title: Stress fracture of the first rib in a high school weight lifter.
abstract: A 17-year-old boy, who played a weight lifting in high school, sustained stress fracture of the first rib without any causes. We successfully treated first rib stress fracture with limitation of using the upper extremity and with using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound. Key pointsStress fracture of the first rib in a weight lifter was successfully treated with limitation of sports activity and with LIPUS treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine , Nishinomiya, Japan ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Kobe, Japan .
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubu
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Issei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagura
authors.forename: Narikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toyokawa
authors.forename: Atsuyuki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurosaka
keywords: Stress fracture; first rib; low-intensity pulsed ultrasound; weight lifting.