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. 2009 Jun 11;1(1):11.
doi: 10.1186/1758-2555-1-11.

The relationship between lower extremity alignment and Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome among non-professional athletes

Golam Reza D Raissi  1 , Afsaneh D Safar Cherati, Kourosh D Mansoori, Mohammad D Razi
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The relationship between lower extremity alignment and Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome among non-professional athletes

Golam Reza D Raissi et al. Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Ther Technol. .

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between lower extremity alignment and MTSS amongst non-professional athletes

Design: In a prospective Study, sixty six subjects were evaluated. Bilateral navicular drop test, Q angle, Achilles angle, tibial angle, intermalleolar and intercondylar distance were measured. In addition, runner's height, body mass, history of previous running injury, running experience was recorded. Runners were followed for 17 weeks to determine occurrence of MTSS.

Results: The overall injury rate for MTSS was 19.7%. The MTSS injury rate in girls (22%) was not significantly different from the rate in boys (14.3%). Most MTSS injuries were induced after 60 hours of exercise, which did not differ between boys and girls. There was a significant difference in right and left navicular drop (ND) in athletes with MTSS. MTSS had no significant correlation with other variables including Quadriceps, Tibia and Achilles angles, intercondylar and intermaleolar lengths and lower extremity lengths.

Limitation: All measurements performed in this study were uniplanar and static. The small sample size deemed our main limitation. The accurate assessment of participants with previous history of anterior leg pain for MTSS was another limitation.

Conclusion: Although a significant relationship between navicular drop and MTSS was found in this study; there was not any significant relationship between lower extremity alignment and MTSS in our sample study.

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