New twist on `golfer's wrist'

Chicago - A "golfer's wrist" may really be a broken one, a researcher has concluded

Chicago - A "golfer's wrist" may really be a broken one, a researcher has concluded. Prof Francis Feller, from the department of radiology at Stanford, said fracture of the hook of the hamate, a small wrist bone, "is an important and common stress injury that affects the non-dominant hand of golfers".

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