Abstract
Subacute stress or repetitive over-exertion produces osteoblastic reaction at the bony insertions of the affected muscles. Stress periostitis is a mild phase in the continuum of traumatic injuries which could progress to true fractures. Most commonly seen in the tibiae of runners or aerobic dancers, this report illustrates a tennis player and a baseball pitcher with stress periosteal reactions in their humeri, suggesting that mechanisms analogous to «shin splints» may be operative in the arm
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