Background Proximal fifth metatarsal stress fractures (so called Jones fractures ... Two players had an incomplete fracture and another had an old incomplete fracture. In all players bone union was ...

Overuse of your foot without sufficient recovery time causes most stress fractures. Stress fractures in your metatarsal bones—long bones that connect your toes to your midfoot—can cause arch pain.

These injuries occur as a result of repeated overload of the bone without ... "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly ...

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

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 ...