Epidemiology of metatarsal stress fractures versus tibial and femoral stress fractures during elite training

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Finestone, Aharon ^a   Milgrom, Charles ^b   Wolf, Omer ^a   Petrov, Kaloyan ^b   Evans, Rachel ^c   Moran, Daniel ^a  

^a Institute of Military Physiology   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Femur; Long term followup; Metatarsal; Stress fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT; TRAINING;

BASKETBALL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SOCCER; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251514980     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0016     Document Type: Article

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