title: Concurrent bilateral femoral neck stress fractures in a military recruit: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Stress fractures are overuse injuries that historically afflict a large number of military recruits, likely because of the sudden increase of high-intensity activity, such as running and marching.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 23-year-old male U.S. Air Force recruit presented with hip pain during his second week of basic training and was diagnosed with bilateral femoral neck stress fractures, grade 4 on the right and grade 3 on the left. This is the first known case of concurrent bilateral femoral neck stress fractures in a U.S. military recruit reported in the medical literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report describes a severe case of stress fracture in an individual with no readily identifiable risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Trainee Health Surveillance, U.S. Air Force, 559 MDOS, 1515 Truemper Street Building 6612, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236.
authors.forename: Bryant J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.affiliation: Trainee Health, U.S. Air Force, 559 MDOS, 1515 Truemper Street Building 6612, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236.
authors.forename: Wesley E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Trueblood
authors.affiliation: Trainee Health Surveillance, U.S. Air Force, 559 MDOS, 1515 Truemper Street Building 6612, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236.
authors.forename: Juste N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Tchandja
authors.affiliation: Trainee Health Surveillance, U.S. Air Force, 559 MDOS, 1515 Truemper Street Building 6612, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236.
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Federinko
authors.affiliation: Trainee Health Surveillance, U.S. Air Force, 559 MDOS, 1515 Truemper Street Building 6612, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236.
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cropper
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries*; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult