Stress Fractures in Athletes Diagnosis and Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Miller, Timothy L. (Editor), Kaeding, Christopher C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.

Stress fractures are fatigue failures of bone caused by unusual or repeated stress on bone and are among the more common sports injuries encountered. Often going unreported or occasionally unnoticed, athletes run the risk of a more serious fracture if untreated. Stress Fractures in Athletes focuses...