Injuries of Children and Young People in Sports: Stress Fractures and Fracture of the Sleeve Sleeve:

Introduction:With the dramatic increase in the competitive sports of children and young people, overuse injuries have become more important in the pediatric population. Among these, the most frequent injuries in young athletes are stress fractures. The absence of evident traumatic history and the subtle radiographic changes can cause a diagnostic difficulty and delay the treatment. Fracture of the patella sleeve is a rare fracture only occurs in children. The diagnosis is difficult, both clinically and radiologically. High patella and hemarthrosis are important signs to diagnose this fracture. Presentation of 2 clinical cases of injuries in children and young people in sports: stress fractures and fracture of the patella sleeve.Methods:Retrospective descriptive method with reports of clinical cases based on patients’ electronic clinical processes.Results:We present a case of a child, a 13-year-old soccer practitioner who had mentioned well localized pain in the anterior aspect of the right leg with 5 days...