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Sports Injuries: Upper Extremity

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Upper extremity injuries are common in pediatric sports.

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  1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, 9849 Kenworthy Street, El Paso, TX, 9924, USA

    Justin M. Wright

  2. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, 9849 Kenworthy Street, El Paso, TX, 79924, USA

    Angel Garcia

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  2. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Osama Naga

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Wright, J.M., Garcia, A. (2014). Sports Injuries: Upper Extremity. In: Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7126-4_11

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