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Little league shoulder syndrome in an adolescent cricket player
  1. W R Drescher,
  2. A Falliner,
  3. T Zantop,
  4. K Oehlert,
  5. W Petersen,
  6. J Hassenpflug
  1. Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
 W R Drescher
 Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-University, Michaelisstr. 1, D-24105 Kiel, Germany; wolfdrescherhotmail.com

Abstract

The first case of little league shoulder syndrome in a cricket player is reported. The condition has been reported in baseball pitchers and is characterised by a proximal humeral epiphyseolysis.

  • adolescent
  • cricket
  • little league syndrome
  • shoulder

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2003.008193

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