Table 1.

Profile and clinical results in the eleven cases of metacarpal stress fracture.

Case	Age (years)	Sex	Time from onset to initial visit (weeks)	Metacarpal	Location	Sports	Time from initial visit to return to sports (weeks)
1	13	F	2	Second	Shaft	Badminton	4
2	14	F	1	Second	Base	Soft tennis	12
3	14	M	3	Second	Base	Badminton	4
4	15	M	4	Second	Base	Tennis	3
5	16	M	2	Third	Shaft	Boxing	4
6	16	M	2	Second	Shaft	Tennis	4
7	16	F	3	Second	Base	Tennis	10
8	18	F	1	Second	Shaft	Tennis	4
9	18	M	52	Second	Shaft	Boxing	5
10	22	F	1	Second	Shaft	Tennis	4
11	24	M	2	Second	Shaft	Bowling	4