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Extensor Pollicis Brevis tendon damage presenting as de Quervain’s disease following kettlebell training

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, June 2013
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Title
Extensor Pollicis Brevis tendon damage presenting as de Quervain’s disease following kettlebell training
Published in
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, June 2013
DOI 10.1186/2052-1847-5-13
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Authors

Karuppaiah Karthik, Charles William Carter-Esdale, Sanjay Vijayanathan, Tony Kochhar

Abstract

Kettlebell exercises are more efficient for an athlete to increase his or her muscle strength. However it carries the risk of injury especially in the beginners. A 39 year old gentleman came to our clinic with radial sided wrist pain following kettlebell exercises. Clinically patient had swelling and tenderness over the tendons in the first dorsal wrist compartment, besides Finklesten test was positive. Patient had a decreased excursion of the thumb when compared to the opposite side. Ultrasound/MRI scan revealed asymmetric thickening of the 1st compartment extensors extending from the base of the thumb to the wrist joint. Besides injury to the Extensor Pollicis Brevis (EPB) tendon by repetitive impact from kettlebell, leading to its split was identified. Detailed history showed that the injury might be due to off-centre handle holding during triceps strengthening exercises. Our report stresses the fact that kettlebell users should be taught about problems of off-center handle holding to avoid wrist injuries. Also, in Kettlebell users with De Quervains disease clinical and radiological evaluation should be done before steroid injection as this might lead to complete tendon rupture.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 48 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 12%
Student > Master 5 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Researcher 3 6%
Other 9 18%
Unknown 14 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 14 29%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 10%
Engineering 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 2%
Other 5 10%
Unknown 16 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2017.
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#3,201,979
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
#130
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#26,704
of 207,871 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
#2
of 7 outputs
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