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Hand Injury in a Pickleball Player

Michael L. Grover, DO
Jyoti Gurung, MBBS
Erwin A. Kruger, MD

American Family Physician. 2026;113(2):185-187.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

MICHAEL L. GROVER, DO, and JYOTI GURUNG, MBBS, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

ERWIN A. KRUGER, MD, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona

Address correspondence to Michael Grover, DO, at grover.michael@mayo.edu.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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