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Traumatic tibia shaft fractures caused by the impact of a golf ball: two case reports

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 2018
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Title
Traumatic tibia shaft fractures caused by the impact of a golf ball: two case reports
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13256-018-1771-3
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Authors

Yong-Chan Ha, Yu-Jun Kwon, Jun-Il Yoo, Ji-Seok Kim

Abstract

As golf becomes increasingly popular, the number of injuries while playing golf also increases. We experienced two cases of traumatic tibia shaft fractures caused by the impact of a golf ball. A 48-year-old Korean man and a 43-year-old Korean man were diagnosed as having linear tibia shaft fractures on the right leg and left leg, respectively. Both of them were treated with closed intramedullary nails. Calculated impact power of the golf ball at the time of tibia fracture was 3372 and 5825 N, respectively. Radiologic and clinical complications such as nonunion and delayed union were not found up to the latest follow-up at 12 months postoperatively. Players and watchers of golf must take precautionary measures before striking a golf ball. It is advisable that players watching a golfer hitting a golf ball should stand a long way behind or in front of the golfer striking the golf ball. The danger of such injury is on the rise because more and more people are enjoying golf nowadays. Warning players of such dangers is one preventive measure to avoid such injuries in the future.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 12 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 17%
Other 1 8%
Student > Bachelor 1 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 8%
Student > Master 1 8%
Other 1 8%
Unknown 5 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 33%
Sports and Recreations 1 8%
Unknown 7 58%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 12 September 2018.
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#14,423,597
of 23,102,082 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#1,121
of 3,966 outputs
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#187,757
of 334,301 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Medical Case Reports
#20
of 81 outputs
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