Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children
Vertebral bone bruise (VBB) in children commonly occurs following a fall from a height, and more than one vertebral body may be affected. We encountered 6 children each with a single VBB caused by mild physical activity. All the children had tenderness on the corresponding spinous process with no ne...
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| author | Kenji Yokoyama Kenji Endo Yoichiro Takata Fumitake Tezuka Hiroaki Manabe Kazuta Yamashita Toshinori Sakai Takashi Chikawa Akihiro Nagamachi Koichi Sairyo |
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| description | Vertebral bone bruise (VBB) in children commonly occurs following a fall from a height, and more than one vertebral body may be affected. We encountered 6 children each with a single VBB caused by mild physical activity. All the children had tenderness on the corresponding spinous process with no neurologic findings. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed typical findings of VBB in all cases. The children were treated conservatively with a soft thoracolumbar brace and instructed to rest with no physical activity for a month. At follow-up 1 month later, the back pain had diminished, and the signal changes seen on MRI had disappeared in all cases. We conclude that mild physical activity may be a cause of VBB in children and good clinical results can be achieved by using a soft thoracolumbar brace and rest. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0775c636667041ad96d951889c670c542025-02-03T06:13:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572017-01-01201710.1155/2017/84517978451797Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in ChildrenKenji Yokoyama0Kenji Endo1Yoichiro Takata2Fumitake Tezuka3Hiroaki Manabe4Kazuta Yamashita5Toshinori Sakai6Takashi Chikawa7Akihiro Nagamachi8Koichi Sairyo9Department of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanEndo Orthopedic Clinic, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, JapanVertebral bone bruise (VBB) in children commonly occurs following a fall from a height, and more than one vertebral body may be affected. We encountered 6 children each with a single VBB caused by mild physical activity. All the children had tenderness on the corresponding spinous process with no neurologic findings. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed typical findings of VBB in all cases. The children were treated conservatively with a soft thoracolumbar brace and instructed to rest with no physical activity for a month. At follow-up 1 month later, the back pain had diminished, and the signal changes seen on MRI had disappeared in all cases. We conclude that mild physical activity may be a cause of VBB in children and good clinical results can be achieved by using a soft thoracolumbar brace and rest.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8451797 |
| spellingShingle | Kenji Yokoyama Kenji Endo Yoichiro Takata Fumitake Tezuka Hiroaki Manabe Kazuta Yamashita Toshinori Sakai Takashi Chikawa Akihiro Nagamachi Koichi Sairyo Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children |
| title_full | Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children |
| title_fullStr | Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children |
| title_short | Bone Bruise of the Thoracic Spine Caused by Mild Physical Activity in Children |
| title_sort | bone bruise of the thoracic spine caused by mild physical activity in children |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8451797 |
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