title: [Stress fractures].
abstract: In 1892, J. Wolff, an orthopedic surgeon, stated that the internal architecture and shape of a bone were related to the direction of stresses placed upon it. Conventional radiographs and MRI can demonstrate the adaptability of bones to stresses. Imaging also demonstrates that this adaptability has limitations, and that excessive stress may lead to fracture.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie ostéoarticulaire, hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France. valerie.bousson@lrb.aphp.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bousson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wybier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrover
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parlier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chicheportiche
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hamzé
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sverzut
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daguet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wyler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thabet
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Bossard
authors.forename: J-D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Laredo
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000503:physiopathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity