Pathogenesis of Fifth Metatarsal Stress Fractures in College Soccer Players

Category: Sports Introduction/Purpose: The pathogenesis of fifth metatarsal stress fractures remains uncertain. We hypothesized that physical characteristics and environmental factors, which have received limited attention in the literature thus far, might be involved in the development of such frac...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Sugimoto MD, PhD, Tsukasa Kumai MD, PhD, Hiroaki Kurokawa MD, Shinji Isomoto MD, PhD, Yasuhito Tanaka MD, PhD, Kohei Fujitaka, Akira Taniguchi MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011416S00242