Stress Fractures in Runners

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-306

  McCormick, Frank ^a   Nwachukwu, Benedict U ^b   Provencher, Matthew T ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Long distance running; Military training; Runners; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE STRESS; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MECHANICS; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SCAPHOID BONE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS FRACTURE; TALUS; TIBIA SHAFT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE DENSITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84856944922     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2011.09.012     Document Type: Review

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