Section modulus is the optimum geometric predictor for stress fractures and medial tibial stress syndrome in both male and female athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1179-1189

  Franklyn, Melanie ^a   Oakes, Barry ^b   Field, Bruce ^a   Wells, Peter ^a   Morgan, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional geometry; Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS); Numerical methods; Shin splints; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 44049090274     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508314408     Document Type: Article

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