Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Incidence and prevalence of stress fractures in military and athletic populations
  • Ch. 2. Risk factors for developing stress fractures
  • Ch. 3. Factors associated with the development of stress fractures in women
  • Ch. 4. The role of age in the development of stress and fatigue fractures in women
  • Ch. 5. The prediction of stress fractures
  • Ch. 6. Bone fatigue and stress fractures
  • Ch. 7. The genetic basis for stress fractures
  • Ch. 8. The role of strain and strain rates in stress fractures
  • Ch. 9. The role of muscular force and fatigue in stress fractures
  • Ch. 10. The histological appearance of stress fractures
  • Ch. 11. Bone fatigue and remodeling in the development of stress fractures
  • Ch. 12. The role of bone remodeling in preventing or promoting stress fractures
  • Ch. 13. Bucked shins in horses
  • Ch. 14. Rabbits as an animal model for stress fractures
  • Ch. 15. Prevention of stress fractures by modifying shoe wear
  • Ch. 16. Exercise programs that prevent or delay the onset of stress fracture
  • Ch. 17. Pharmaceutical treatments that may prevent or delay the onset of stress fractures
  • Ch. 18. Physical diagnosis of stress fractures
  • Ch. 19. The role of various imaging modalities in diagnosing stress fractures
  • Ch. 20. Early diagnosis and clinical treatment of stress fractures
  • Ch. 21. Problematic stress fractures