Spiral fracture of the distal tibia: an unusual stress fracture.
Stress fractures in athletes are frequently a misdiagnosed and poorly understood clinical entity. As a rule, their occurrence in the tibia is limited to the junction of the middle and distal third. We describe a distal spiral tibial stress fracture in a jogger and review the pathomechanics, diagnosis, and management of such lesions.
D016512:Ankle Injuries; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007590:Jogging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012420:Running; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy