12/11/2023 0 Comments Finger breakdance![]() ![]() Upon development of left hand pain, he discontinued b-boying, however, the pain and paresthesia were not relieved. The onset was gradual with repetitive training of several stylized movements including 'toprock', 'footwork', 'power moves', and 'freezes'. He trained himself as an amateur 'b boy' break-dancer without the supervised training for the last 10 months before presentation. 1) This article reports an occurrence of the compression syndrome of the superficial sensory branch of the ulnar nerve, type III Guyon's canal syndrome in an amateur 'b boy' break dancer.Ī 23-year-old, right handed college man presented with a tenderness over the left hypothenar eminence and painful paresthesia over the ring and little fingers of 3 months duration. 4)Īlthough the wrist was reported to be injured with high prevalence associated with break dancing, only the musculoskeletal injuries, such as sprain, strain, and tendinitis, were reported and no associate peripheral nerve injury was reported. 1) Another epidemiological study of 144 break-dancers, 4) professionals had significantly more injuries and overuse syndromes than amateurs with significantly more injuries of the wrist, knee, hip/thigh, ankle/foot, and elbow, and break-dancing was considered as a potentially high-risk dancing sport. 1, 4, 8)Īccording to an epidemiological study of musculoskeletal injuries in break-dancers in Korea, 1) the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries were high 95% of 42 study subjects experienced musculoskeletal injuries at more than one site and the most prevalent site of injuries were: wrist (69.0%), fingers (61.9%), and knee (61.9%). 4) However, a systematic epidemiological study in break-dancers is rare. Stress reactions and fractures of the spinal iliaca anterior superior, femur, carpal, metacarpal, and metatarsal bones, pulmonary embolism, Paget-Schroetter disease, ocular trauma, genitourinary injuries, and cervical injuries including fracture, slipped disc, and neurological deficit are reported. In contrast to the popularity of this sport, there were only case reports and small series dealing with injuries. ![]() 6) The dancers are often called 'b-boys' or 'b-girls'. An magnetic resonance imaging and electrodiagnostic study revealed that painful paresthesia was caused by type III Guyon's canal syndrome, and 4 weeks of corticosteroid treatment was given with resolution of pain and paresthesia.īreak-dancing, a term named by a disc jockey in the South Bronx in New York City in the late 1970s, was first used to describe a style of street dance done to accompany the breakbeat, or syncopated rhythm, that disc jockeys used to set the pace for a piece of hip-hop music. Conservative management under the diagnosis of wrist sprain before presentation did not improve his hand pain. ![]() He trained himself as an amateur 'b boy' break-dancer for the last 10 months. ![]() A 23-year-old, right handed college man presented with a tenderness over the left hypothenar eminence and painful paresthesia over the ring and little fingers of 3 months duration. We report a rare case of a young amateur break-dancer, 'b-boy' who suffered from a painful paresthesia in his left hand, later diagnosed as type III Guyon's canal syndrome. Although the musculoskeletal injuries associated with break-dancing which is gaining more popularity among adolescent and young people has been reported, the report regarding a peripheral nerve injury associated with breakdance is scarce. ![]()
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