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MusculoskeletalModerate
Stress Fracture
Sports Medicine · Musculoskeletal
Moderate
Severity
Common in athletes — accounts for a significant proportion of overuse injuries in runners and military trainees
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Sports Medicine
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from repetitive stress and overload on a bone that exceeds its ability to repair itself
- 2often triggered by a sudden increase in training intensity
- 3frequency
- 4or duration without adequate conditioning. Risk factors include low bone density
- 5inadequate calcium and vitamin D intake
- 6female athlete triad
- 7improper footwear
- 8and training on hard surfaces.
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