Not all bone overuse injuries are stress fractures: it is time for updated terminology

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA stwarden@iu.edu.
² Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
³ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
⁵ Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.

Editorial

Stuart J Warden et al. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;57(2):76-77.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106112. Epub 2022 Nov 14.

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA stwarden@iu.edu.
² Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
³ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
⁵ Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bone; Fractures, Stress.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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