Young Goalkeeper's Fracture: Radiographic Findings

Launched by INSEL GRUPPE AG, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BERN · Jul 19, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

Distal forearm or radius fractures in young goalkeepers have been named "the young goalkeeper's fracture" in the literature. While catching the soccer ball the child suffers a distal forearm fracture due to axial forces to the immature bone of the child. These goalkeeper's fractures on radiographs may be subtle or difficult to discriminate from normal radiographs.

Retrospective study for the evaluation of radiographs of the forearm from 2005 - 2016 of children with history of catching a ball. Two radiologist are blinded for history, age, name and findings on final reports.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Children 1-16 years of age with distal radius fracture and the clinical history: "child catches a ball", between 1/2005 - 7/2016.
• • Control group (1-16 years) with normal distal radius and no history to catch a ball and no fracture.
• • Evaluation of the normal distal tilt angle of the radius.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • pathological fractures
• • other history of trauma than to catch a ball
• • patients older than 16 years