Biomechanical factors associated with tibial stress fracture in female runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-328

  Milner, Clare E ^a   Ferber, Reed ^b   Pollard, Christine D ^c   Hamill, Joseph ^d   Davis, Irene S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Area moment of inertia; Ground reaction forces; Kinematics; Tibial shock

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33144465554     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000183477.75808.92     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. ARENDT, E., J. AGEL, C. HEIKES, and H. GRIFFITHS. Stress injuries to bone in college athletes: a retrospective review of experience at a single institution. Am. J. Sports Med. 31:959-968, 2003.
2. BENNELL, K., K. CROSSLEY, J. JAYARAJAN, et al. Ground reaction forces and bone parameters in females with tibial stress fracture. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 36:397-404, 2004.
3. BRUKNER, P., C. BRADSHAW, K. KHAN, S. WHITE, and K. CROSSLEY. Stress fractures: a review of 180 cases. Clin. J. Sport Med. 6:85-89, 1996.
4. CAVANAGH, P. R., and M. A. LAFORTUNE. Ground reaction forces in distance running. J. Biomech. 13:397-406, 1980.
5. CROSSLEY, K., K. L. BENNELL, T. WRIGLEY, and B. W. OAKES. Ground reaction forces, bone characteristics, and tibial stress fracture in male runners. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 31:1088-1093, 1999.
6. DAVIS, I., C. MILNER, and J. HAMILL. Does increased loading during running lead to tibial stress fractures? A prospective study. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. S36:S58, 2004.
7. FARLEY, C., and O. GONZALEZ. Leg stiffness and stride frequency in human running. J. Biomech. 29:181-186, 1996.
8. FREDERICSON, M., A. G. BERGMAN, K. L. HOFFMAN, and M. S. DILLINGHAM. Tibial stress reaction in runners: correlation of clinical symptoms and scintigraphy with a new magnetic resonance imaging grading system. Am. J. Sports Med. 23:472-481, 1995.
9. GILADI M., C. MILGROM, A. SIMKIN, et al. Stress fractures and tibial bone width: a risk factor. J. Bone Joint Surg. 69-B:326-329, 1987.
10. GRIMSTON, S. K., J. R. ENGSBERG, R. KLOIBER, and D. A. HANLEY. Bone mass, external loads and stress fractures in female runners. Int. J. Sports Biomech. 7:292-302, 1991.
11. GROOD, E. S., and W. J. SUNTAY. A joint coordinate system for the clinical description of three-dimensional motions: application to the knee. J. Biomech. Eng. 105:136-144, 1983.
12. HENNIG, E., T. MILANI, and M. LAFORTUNE. Use of ground reaction force parameters in predicting peak tibial accelerations in running. J. Appl. Biomech. 9:306-314, 1993.
13. JAMES, S., B. BATES, and L. OSTERING. Injuries to runners. Am. J. Sports Med. 6:40-50, 1978.
14. KOWAL, D. Nature and causes of injuries in women resulting from an endurance training program. Am. J. Sports Med. 8:265-269, 1980.
15. LATASH, M. L., and V. M. ZATSIORSKY. Joint stiffness: Myth or reality? Hum. Mov. Sci. 12:653-692, 1993.
16. LAUGHTON, C. A., I. M. DAVIS, and J. HAMILL. Effect of strike pattern and orthotic intervention on tibial shock during running. J. Appl. Biomech. 19:153-168, 2003.
17. LIEBER, R. L. Statistical significance and statistical power in hypothesis-testing. J. Orthop. Res. 8:304-309, 1990.
18. MATHESON, G., D. CLEMENT, D. McKENZIE, J. TAUNTON, D. LLOYD-SMITH, and J. MACINTYRE. Stress fractures in athletes; a study of 320 cases. Am. J. Sports Med. 15:46-58, 1987.
19. McBRYDE, A. M. Stress fractures in runners. Clin. Sports Med. 4:737-752, 1985.
20. McMAHON, T., G. VALIANT, and E. FREDERICK. Groucho running. J. Appl. Physiol. 62:2326-2337, 1987.
21. McNiTT-GRAY, J., T. YOKOI, and C. MILLWARD. Landing strategies used by gymnasts on different surfaces. J. Appl. Biomech. 10:237-252, 1994.
22. MILGROM, C., M. GILADI, A. SIMKIN, et al. The area moment of inertia of the tibia: a risk factor for stress fractures. J. Biomech. 22:1243-1248, 1989.
23. MILLER, D. I. Ground reaction forces in distance running. In: The Biomechanics of Distance Running. P. R. Cavanagh (Ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1990, pp. 203-224.
24. PERNEGER, T. V. What's wrong with Bonferroni adjustments. BMJ 316:1236-1238, 1998.
25. PESTER, S., and P. SMITH. Stress fractures in the lower extremities of soldiers in basic training. Orthopedic Review 21:297-303, 1992.
26. REINKER, K., and S. OZBURNE. A comparison of male and female orthopedic pathology in basic training. Mil. Med. 144:532-536, 1979.
27. SHORTEN, M. R., and D. S. WINSLOW. Spectral analysis of impact shock during running. Int. J. Sport Biomech. 8:288-304, 1992.
28. TAUNTON, J., D. CLEMENT, and D. WEBBER. Lower extremity stress fractures in athletes. Phys. Sportsmed. 9:77-86, 1981.