Medial tibial stress syndrome: Conservative treatment options

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Galbraith, R Michael ^a   Lavallee, Mark E ^a  

^a South Bend Sports Medicine Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower extremity injuries; Medial tibial stress syndrome; Shin splints; Tibial stress injury

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACUPUNCTURE; ANAMNESIS; BRACE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LEG PAIN; MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; ORTHOTICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REST; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; SPLINTING; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950595023     PISSN: 1935973X     EISSN: 19359748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12178-009-9055-6     Document Type: Review

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