Citation

Mills L, Zeppieri G. J. Orthop. Sports Phys. Ther. 2019; 49(3): 209.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Orthopaedic Section and Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association)

DOI

10.2519/jospt.2019.7984

PMID

30819058

Abstract

A 15-year-old high school football player sustained direct impact to his anteromedial left knee by a teammate's helmet during practice. The physician referred the athlete immediately to an after-hours clinic for imaging to rule out a fracture. Radiographs of the knee showed a nondisplaced Salter-Harris type II fracture. The treating physician also ordered magnetic resonance imaging, the results of which allowed for a more specific diagnosis of the fracture as a Salter-Harris type III fracture of the left femur.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2019;49(3):209. doi:10.2519/jospt.2019.7984.

Keywords: American football

Language: en

Keywords

femur; knee; lower extremity; magnetic resonance imaging; radiography