Common Stress Fractures

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1527-1532

  Sanderlin, Brent W ^a   Raspa, Robert F ^b,c  

^a Naval Branch Medical Clinic   (United States)

^b NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^c St Vincent's Medical Center Jacksonville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METATARSAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SHOE; SPLINTING; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; STRETCHING; THEORY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142117397     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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