1. Bilateral distal tibial stress fractures in a healthy field-hockey goalkeeper
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Katie Ryan, Neil G Burke, Barry James O'Neill, and Paul Moroney
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Field hockey ,Fractures, Stress ,Audiology ,Article ,Humans ,Medicine ,Unusual case ,Stress fractures ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Athletes ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Radiography ,Tibial Fractures ,Hockey ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business ,Rare disease - Abstract
Stress fractures occurring within the lower limbs are relatively common in athletes and military personnel. The specific bones affected are often predictable when the patient's activities are considered. We present an unusual case of bilateral distal tibial stress fractures sustained while playing as a goalkeeper in field hockey, in an otherwise healthy 46-year-old woman.
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- 2014
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