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.

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 ...

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 ...

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Knee fractures can be of the patella, femur, or tibia and can be caused by either blunt force trauma to the leg or by repetitive impacts such as those caused by running or high impact exercise.

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 ...

Conclusions: On the basis of lower in vivo strains and strain rates, treadmill runners are at lower risk of developing tibial stress fractures, but less likely to achieve tibial bone strengthening, ...

A stress fracture is generally the result of overuse or repeated trauma to a bone. Also known as "fatigue fractures," stress ...