PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Everhard J M Vandervliet
AU  - Filip M Vanhoenacker
AU  - Annemie Snoeckx
AU  - Jan L Gielen
AU  - Pieter Van Dyck
AU  - Paul M Parizel
TI  - Sports-related acute and chronic avulsion injuries in children and adolescents with special emphasis on tennis
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.2007.036921
DP  - 2007 Nov 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 827--831
VI  - 41
IP  - 11
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/11/827.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/11/827.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2007 Nov 01; 41
AB  - Acute and chronic sports-related muscle and tendon injuries are not infrequent in youngsters. In particular, the physis is prone to trauma as it constitutes the weakest part of the immature skeleton. The type of sports activity determines the location of the lesion. Most commonly, apophyses of the hip and pelvis are subject to avulsion. The purpose of this paper is to give a short overview of the pathogenesis, location, prevalence and imaging characteristics of acute and chronic avulsion injuries in the immature skeleton, with special emphasis on tennis-related injuries. Tennis-related injuries particularly involve apophyses of the ischial tuberosity, the anterior inferior or superior iliac spine and the iliac crest.