Published in:
01-03-2004 | Sports Medicine
Ultrasound treatment of nonunion of the hook of the hamate in sports activities
Authors:
Hiroyuki Fujioka, Juichi Tanaka, Shinichi Yoshiya, Masaya Tsunoda, Kenji Fujita, Nobuzo Matsui, Takeshi Makino, Masahiro Kurosaka
Published in:
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
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Issue 2/2004
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Abstract
Two cases of nonunion of the hook of the hamate were treated with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound. The patients were baseball players and had been injured as a result of hitting repeatedly. Nonunion was detected on computed tomography (CT) and was exposed to ultrasound for 20 min a day for 4 months. In both cases pain at the hypothenar eminence disappeared, and bone union was confirmed on CT at the end of the ultrasound treatment.