Related Experiment Videos
Stress fractures of the foot and leg
S A Meyer1, C L Saltzman, J P Albright
1Iowa Orthopaedic Center, Des Moines.
Clinics in Sports Medicine
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
Stress fractures are overuse injuries of bone. Basketball players are particularly prone to develop the notoriously "troublesome" stress fractures of the foot and leg. This article reviews the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of stress fractures, with specific emphasis on the care of the basketball athlete.