Waninger K N
Student Health Services, Bob Carpenter Sports Center, University of Delaware, Newark 19176, USA.
Clin J Sport Med. 1997 Jan;7(1):66-8. doi: 10.1097/00042752-199701000-00013.
This is the first reported case of a stress fracture of the clavicle in a collegiate diver. CASE SURVEY: A 20-year-old collegiate platform diver developed left clavicular pain after training for several months. Radiographs and radionuclide bone scan supported a diagnosis of a stress fracture of the left midclavicle. Complete fracture healing followed a period of active rest.
A literature review of clavicle stress fractures is discussed. The open-hand diving technique used by this diver for water penetration may have caused repetitive stresses to radiate up the arm to the clavicle.
Stress fractures should be considered in the differential diagnosis of clavicular pain in a diver.
