Are overground or treadmill runners more likely to sustain tibial stress fracture?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-163

  Milgrom, C ^a   Finestone, A ^b   Segev, S ^b   Olin, C ^c   Arndt, T ^c   Ekenman, I ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RUNNING; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; STRESS FRACTURE; TENSION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREADMILL;

EID: 0037387136     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.2.160     Document Type: Article

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