The hands of karate experts

A. Crosby

British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol 19, Issue 1 41-42

The hands and wrists of 22 karate instructors who had practiced the sport for a minimum of five years were reviewed. Radiological evidence of a total of ten fractures was found.

Conclusions. There was no evidence that practice of the sport predisposed to the early onset of chronic tenosynovitis or osteoarthritis.