title: Tibial stress injuries: decisive diagnosis and treatment of 'shin splints'.
abstract: Tibial stress injuries, commonly called 'shin splints,' often result when bone remodeling processes adapt inadequately to repetitive stress. Physicians who care for athletic patients need a thorough understanding of this continuum of injuries, including medial tibial stress syndrome and tibial stress fractures, because there are implications for appropriate diagnosis, management, and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Residency, Ehrling Berquist Hospital, Offutt AFB, NB, 68113-2160, USA. christopher.couture@offutt.af.mil.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.forename: Kristine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Karlson