臨床整形外科42巻6号

2007年06月発行

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少年野球選手に対する超音波を用いた肘検診

著者： 原田幹生¹ 高原政利¹ 佐々木淳也¹ 村成幸¹ 伊藤友一² 荻野利彦¹

所属機関： ¹山形大学医学部整形外科 ²済生会山形済生病院整形外科

ページ範囲：P.555 - P.560

　小学校野球チームの選手247名を対象とし，超音波を用いて，野球肘の有無を調査した．超音波では，上腕骨内上顆の裂離を48名に，上腕骨小頭の離断性骨軟骨炎を2名に認めた．X線撮影を行った36名の全例で，X線所見と超音波所見が一致していた．超音波は野球肘の診断に有用であり，練習場に携帯できる利点がある．

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