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 ...

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 ...

Anyone who does a lot of sport risks a stress fracture if the bones are overloaded. The injury occurs gradually. Sports physician Karsten Hollander gives tips on how to prevent it. "Competitive ...

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 ...