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Abstract
Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combination of MUSCLE FATIGUE and bone failure, and occur in situations where BONE REMODELING predominates over repair. The most common sites of stress fractures are the METATARSUS; FIBULA; TIBIA; and FEMORAL NECK.
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- Fatigue Fractures
- Fractures, Fatigue
- Fractures, March
- Fractures, Stress
- Fatigue Fracture
- Fracture, Fatigue
- Fracture, March
- Fracture, Stress
- March Fracture
- March Fractures
- Stress Fracture
- Bone Stress Reaction
- Insufficiency Fractures
- Micro Fractures
- Microfractures
- Stress Reaction, Bone
- Bone Stress Reactions
- Fracture, Insufficiency
- Fracture, Micro
- Fractures, Micro
- Insufficiency Fracture
- Micro Fracture
- Microfracture
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with specific organ /inj or organ/fracture term; entry term FATIGUE FRACTURES refers to bone fractures: do not use for metal fatigue as in fatigue fractures of amalgams, nails, screw plates, etc. (index STRESS, MECHANICAL)
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- Fractures (1966-1989)
- Repetition Strain Injury (1987-1989)
- Stress, Mechanical (1971-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Stress Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015775. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015775
- Stress Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_fracture
- Stress Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41392