title: The clinical assessment of femoral stress fractures: a comparison of two methods.
abstract: In a prospective study among 667 recruits, the incidence of asymptomatic femoral stress fractures was compared using a new expanded stress fracture clinical examination (SFCA) versus an older stress fracture examination. There was a statistically significant difference (p = 0.0001) between the percentage of femoral stress fractures that were asymptomatic in the group evaluated by SFCA (26%) and those evaluated by the older stress fracture examination (80%). By using the SFCA, many of the femoral stress fractures previously classified as asymptomatic are in fact recognized as symptomatic.
authors: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Milgrom
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Finestone
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Shlamkovitch
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Eldad
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Saltzman
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Giladi
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Chisin
authors: Y L
authors: YL
authors: Danon
mesh_terms: D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies