Background Proximal fifth metatarsal stress fractures (so called Jones fractures) usually occur due to chronic repetitive forces. Soccer players on the status of incomplete fracture don't complain ...

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...

Metatarsal injuries are common in athletes and usually occur as a result of a direct blow to the foot or as stress fractures.

such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly and often are treated with surgery. As with most injuries ...

The 24-year-old has been sidelined since late last season with a stress fracture in the third metatarsal of his right foot. That cut short a season in which he averaged a career-high 19.5 points ...