The hands of karate experts. Clinical and radiological findings.
The hands and wrists of 22 karate instructors who had practiced the sport for a minimum of five years were reviewed. Radiological evidence of a total of ten fractures was found. There was no evidence that practice of the sport predisposed to the early onset of chronic tenosynovitis or osteoarthritis.
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