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Acute Transverse Patellar Fracture Associated with Weightlifting

Today, athletes train at ever higher levels of intensity and duration. Weightlifting is a key component of the training regimen in many sports, especially football. Risk factors for injury during weight training include errors in technique, skeletal immaturity, and anabolic steroid abuse. Although serious injuries are uncommon and fractures are a rare occurrence, the repetitive stress applied to bone during weightlifting maneuvers creates the potential for fatigue stress fracture. We provide a case report of a patellar stress fracture suggesting this sequence of events.