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Stress fracture overview

A stress fracture is generally the result of overuse or repeated trauma to a bone. Also known as "fatigue fractures," stress ...
Repetitive and excessive stress on a bone can cause stress fractures that most often involve the leg or foot. These are common injuries that many patients overlook until the injury worsens and causes ...
Correspondence to: Dr Milgrom, Department of Orthopaedics, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel; milgrom{at}md2.huji.ac.il Background: Repetitive high bone strain ...
Treatment of stress fractures in the primary care setting is based on whether the fracture is in a high- or low-risk site. Low-risk sites include the second through fourth metacarpal shafts, posterior ...
Introduction—A conservative method of treating four delayed union stress fractures of the anterior mid-tibia is described, with an illustrative case history. Methods—Once diagnosed each of the ...
Sims missed Friday's game against Long Island with a tibial stress fracture. Sims popped up on the Swarm injury report ahead of Friday's game while dealing with a tibial stress fracture. It is unknown ...
When UConn takes on Cincinnati Thursday night, they Huskies will do so without one piece of their perimeter rotation. According to Neill Ostrout of the Journal Inquirer, sophomore guard Sam Cassell Jr ...
UConn guard Sam Cassell Jr. is set to miss at least a week after suffering a stress fracture in his right tibia, according to Don Amore of the Hartford Courant. Over 18 games this season, Cassell has ...
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham underwent surgery Friday to "stabilize and promote complete healing" of a left tibial stress fracture, according to the team. The surgery was expected, as league ...