Boxer's Knuckle in the Professional Athlete
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Boxer's knuckle in the professional athlete.
Injuries to the extensor mechanisms of the fingers can be career-ending in professional athletes if not treated appropriately. We identified 8 professional athletes who underwent 11 direct metacarpophalangeal joint extensor mechanism repairs including centralization of the extensor tendon and sagittal band repair between 1989 and 1994. Success of the operative procedure was determined by the at...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0363-5465,1552-3365
DOI: 10.1177/03635465000280061701