Stress fractures

ABSTRACT Stress fractures (SF) represent 10%-20% of all injuries in sport medicine. An SF occurs when abnormal and repetitive loading is applied on normal bone: The body cannot adapt quickly enough, leading to microdamage and fracture. The etiology is multifactorial with numerous risk factors involv...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Munhoz da Rocha Lemos Costa, Victoria Zeghbi Cochenski Borba, Renata Gonçalves Pinheiro Correa, Carolina Aguiar Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2022-12-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972022000500765&tlng=en