Stress fractures and tibial bone width. A risk factor.
A prospective study of 295 infantry recruits has shown that the mediolateral width of the tibia measured radiographically at each of three different levels in the bone had a statistically significant correlation with the total incidence of stress fractures as well as with those in the tibia alone or the femur alone. A narrow tibial width was shown to be a risk factor, but cortical thickness was not found to be significant.
D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D012306:Risk; D013977:Tibia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000209:etiology*