Fifty male amateur footballers with a tibial shaft fracture were treated at our hospital during the period of the study. Their mean age was 20.8 years (range 16–33). The right tibia was fractured in ...

A stress fracture is generally the result of overuse or repeated trauma to a bone. Also known as "fatigue fractures," stress ...

Conclusions: On the basis of lower in vivo strains and strain rates, treadmill runners are at lower risk of developing tibial stress fractures, but less likely to achieve tibial bone strengthening, ...