Stress fracture of the first rib in a hockey goalie

We describe an ice hockey goalie with acute-on-chronic thoracic back pain who was found to have a first rib stress fracture, which to our knowledge is the first reported in this sport. We hypothesize that biomechanical stress from new stick positioning contributed to the injury. Our patient recovered symptomatically with conservative treatment; however, imaging suggested nonunion of the fracture site and possible pseudoarthrosis.PMID:38602037 | DOI:10.23736/S0022-4707.24.15810-0
Source: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Source Type: research