title: Stress fractures of the foot and leg.
abstract: Stress fractures are overuse injuries of bone. Basketball players are particularly prone to develop the notoriously "troublesome" stress fractures of the foot and leg. This article reviews the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of stress fractures, with specific emphasis on the care of the basketball athlete.
authors.affiliation: Iowa Orthopaedic Center, Des Moines.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Saltzman
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Albright
mesh_terms: D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D018409:Foot Injuries; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy