Background Tibia shaft fractures (TSF) are common for men and women and cause substantial morbidity, healthcare use, and costs. The impact of nonunions on healthcare use and costs is poorly described.

Background: Footballers constitute a unique group of patients with tibial shaft fractures. They tend to have excellent general health and well developed musculature in the leg, and their fractures are ...

‘The most common running-related stress fractures are to the tibia,’ says physiotherapist ... which of course includes the impact from running, causes microscopic damage to the bone.

Stress fractures cause pain actually within the involved bone, usually the tibia. At first, the pain is worst during activity and may be absent when not training. As the problem worsens ...

Causes of Stress Fractures For soccer players ... Certain high risk stress fractures, such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth ...

Introduction—A conservative method of treating four delayed union stress fractures of the anterior mid-tibia is described, with an illustrative case history. Methods—Once diagnosed each of the ...

However, there was pain on palpation of the proximal tibia. Radiography revealed a fracture of the proximal tibial diaphysis that was in the process of healing, with early periosteal reaction and ...

A total of 853 tibia fracture patients were selected for the study based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria above. Tibia Fracture Patient Characteristics: Age and Sex Average patient age at ...