The role of foot pronation in the development of femoral and tibial stress fractures: A prospective biomechanical study

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Hetsroni, Iftach ^a,b   Finestone, Aharon ^c   Milgrom, Charles ^d   Ben Sira, David ^e   Nyska, Meir ^a,b   Mann, Gideon ^a,b   Almosnino, Sivan ^e   Ayalon, Moshe ^e  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Stance phase; Stress fracture; Subtalar joint; Tibial rotation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOOT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK FACTOR; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; SUBTALAR JOINT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA TORSION; TRAINING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOOT; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBSERVATION; PRONATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 38049138554     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31815ed6bf     Document Type: Article

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