A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) is described, in whom stress fractures of both legs developed, accompanied by swelling of both ankles. The swelling of the right ankle associated with fracture mimicked lupus synovitis, but resolved with healing of the fracture. On the left side the swelling represented true lupus synovitis coexistent with the tibial stress fracture. This pres...

BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of fifth metatarsal stress fractures remains uncertain. HYPOTHESIS Physical characteristics and environmental factors, which have received limited attention in the literature thus far, might be involved in the development of fifth metatarsal stress fractures. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS To test the study hypothesis, a medical ...

Stress fractures of the lower part of the fibula are common in athletes. This paper reviews fifty such injuries and discusses the natural history, signs, symptoms, radiographic appearances and treatment. All were seen in the Athletes’ Clinic at the Middlesex Hospital between 1952 and 1955, at which they represented an approximate incidence of 3 per cent of new patients seen. An excellent summar...

Stress fractures of the pubic rami are rare occurrences and most frequently occur in association with total hip arthroplasty (THA). Reported historically with both cemented and noncemented THA components, postoperative stress fractures likely occur secondary to a rapid postoperative increase in patient activity following years of disability. Though stress fractures of the pubic rami should be c...

Sacral stress fractures are an unusual but curable cause of low-back pain that should be considered in differential diagnosis, particularly in elderly osteoporotic patients. Rarely, they may occur in young women during the last trimester of pregnancy or a few weeks after delivery. Encompassing fatigue and insufficiency fractures, the occurrence of sacral stress fractures appears to be relativel...

BACKGROUND Stress fractures do not often occur in the shaft of the femur. They are more common in the femoral neck, the tibial shaft, the metatarsals, and other bones of the foot. In female athletes, stress fractures classically afflict the distance runner, the ballerina, the gymnast, and the figure skater. OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of...

Fractures of the equine distal phalanx may be a form of stress-related bone injury much like other stress fractures in the racehorse. Early scintigraphic examination of racehorses with palmar foot pain may identify stress-related bone injury before fracture and allow corrective shoeing to be instituted. These fractures most commonly occur in the lateral aspect of the left forelimb and the media...

OBJECTIVE This study describes a unique case of bilateral stress fractures of the fibulae and provides a literature review. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 16-year-old female badminton player presented with pain around the bilateral distal lateral legs. She had mild bilateral varus deformity at the knee joint, and the bilateral ankles showed valgus deformity in standing posture. Radi...

Like natural seismicity, induced seismicity caused by injection also shows a power law size distribution, and its gradient b-value is used for seismic hazard analysis. Despite the well-known result that negatively correlated with differential stress earthquakes, there no similar correlation variations because nearly constant injection-induced we thus investigate dependence on relative shear act...

La documentation scientifique a fait l’objet d’une recherche dans le but de trouver des publications pertinentes sur la validité, la fiabilité et l’utilisation de l’épreuve au diapason pour déceler des fractures de stress simples. Cette recherche a été effectuée dans plusieurs bases de données : Medline 1966–1998, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) 1982–1997, Scie...