Int J Sports Med. 1996 May; 17(4): 303-4.

Stress fracture of the sternum in a golf player.

Barbaix EJ.

Free University Brussels (VUB), Department of Manual Therapy, Belgium.

A case report is presented of a stress fracture of the sternum in a golf player occurring some weeks after modifying training habits. An ultrasound screening test was used successfully and the diagnosis confirmed with a positive technetium bone scan. The patient had explorative surgery elsewhere. This case is compared to another case described in 1987 by Keating in a wrestler.