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1: Am J Sports Med. 1984 Mar-Apr;12(2):170-3.Links

Aseptic necrosis of the capitate bone in two gymnasts.

Murakami S, Nakajima H.

Aseptic necrosis of the capitate bone is a rare disease, except in the scaphoid bone and the lunate bone. This report describes an aseptic necrosis of the bone in two gymnasts. In both cases, the necrosis probably resulted from dorsiflexion compression injury in gymnastics. In an attempt to enable these patients to continue athletics, partial resection and drilling were performed to give successful results.

PMID: 6742295 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]