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Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

Charles J. McClure  1 , Robert Oh  2
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

Charles J. McClure et al.
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Excerpt

Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is a frequent overuse lower extremity injury in athletes and military personnel. MTSS is exercise-induced pain over the anterior tibia and is an early stress injury in the continuum of tibial stress fractures. It has the layman's moniker of “shin splints.”

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Disclosure: Charles McClure declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Robert Oh declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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