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  2. Shin splints - Wikipedia

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    Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), [1] soleus syndrome, [2] tibial stress syndrome, [2] periostitis [2] Red area represents the tibia. Pain is generally in the inner and lower 2/3rds of tibia. Specialty: Sports medicine: Symptoms: Pain along the inside edge of the shinbone [1] Complications: Stress fracture [2] Risk factors: Runners, dancers ...

  3. Stress fracture - Wikipedia

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    Anterior tibial stress fractures can have a particularly poor prognosis and can require surgery. On radiographic imaging, these stress fractures are referred to as the "dreaded black line." [6] When compared to other stress fractures, anterior tibial fractures are more likely to progress to complete fracture of the tibia and displacement. [5]

  4. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    radius shaft fracture with dislocation of distal radioulnar joint: blow to forearm: Galeazzi fracture at eMedicine: Gosselin fracture: Leon Athanese Gosselin: V-shaped distal tibia fracture extending into the tibial plafond: Gosselin's fracture at TheFreeDictionary.com: Hangman's fracture: Hangman: fracture of both pedicles of C2: distraction ...

  5. Running injuries - Wikipedia

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    Stress fractures of the foot are sometimes called "march fractures" because of the injury's prevalence among heavily marching soldiers. [19] Stress fractures most frequently occur in weight-bearing bones of the lower extremities, such as the tibia and fibula (bones of the lower leg), metatarsal and navicular bones (bones of the foot). Less ...

  6. Tibial plateau fracture - Wikipedia

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    This is a pure compression fracture of the lateral or central tibial plateau in which the articular surface of the tibial plateau is depressed and driven into the lateral tibial metaphysis by axial forces.3 A low energy injury, these fractures are more frequent in the 4th and 5th decades of life and individuals with osteoporotic changes in bone.

  7. Ilizarov apparatus - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the Ilizarov apparatus is a type of external fixation apparatus used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or to reshape the damaged bones of an arm or a leg; used as a limb-sparing technique for treating complex fractures and open bone fractures; and used to treat an infected non-union of bones, which cannot be surgically resolved.

  8. Tibia shaft fracture - Wikipedia

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    Tibia shaft fracture is a fracture of the proximal (upper) third of the tibia (lower leg bone). Due to the location of the tibia on the shin, it is the most commonly fractured long bone in the body. Due to the location of the tibia on the shin, it is the most commonly fractured long bone in the body.

  9. Tibia - Wikipedia

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    The tibia is a part of four joints; the knee, ankle, superior and inferior tibiofibular joint. In the knee the tibia forms one of the two articulations with the femur, often referred to as the tibiofemoral components of the knee joint.; [4] [5] it is the weightbearing part of the knee joint. [2] The tibiofibular joints are the articulations ...