A Clinical Study of Stress Fracture of the Tibia / 대한정형외과학회잡지

ABSTRACT

The stress or fatigue fracture is well known in military medicine, but it is an unusual occurrence in civilian practice. The stress fracture of metatarsal bone is familiar to most, but in the tibia it is unusual. The clinical symptoms of pain, swelling and limping following strenuous activity were seen in the affected lower leg and proceeded radiological evidence of fracture. 17 cases of stress fracture of tibia were investigated in a military hospital between March 1973 and May, 1974. The results of this study are as follows, 1. The fractures mainly occurred in the upper one third of the tibia (13 cases among 17). 2. The cases with only callus formation were more frequent than the cases with fracture line on the tibia (11 cases among 17). 3. If pain occurs in the lower leg after strenuous activity, there should be attention with serial radiological checking.