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Published Online First: 19 January 2007. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2006.031708
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2007;41:459
Copyright © 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

CASE REPORT

Proximal biceps rupture: management of an unusual injury in an arm wrestler

D A Pratt and T D Tennent

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK

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D A Pratt
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St George’s Hospital NHS Trust, 67 Water Lane, London E15 4NL, UK; iamekin1{at}aol.com

ABSTRACT

Arm wrestling may cause unusual injuries, which may require operative repair in the sporting individual. Injury to the proximal biceps as a consequence of arm wrestling has not been reported previously. The diagnosis and treatment of a 36-year-old man who sustained a proximal biceps rupture while arm wrestling and his operative management are described.


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