DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i03.085

Pages: 1061-1064

Stress fracture is partial or complete fractures of bone that result from the repeated application of a stress less than that required to fracture a bone in a single loading situation. Stress fractures comprise between 0.7 and 15.6 percent of all athletic injuries. Athletes particularly at risk of stress fracture are runners and jumpers, gymnasts and dancers and in general, the bones most commonly injured are the metatarsals, fibula and tibia. The present study was done to determine the epidemiology of stress fractures among athletes involved in various sports activities. The Materials and methods in The study done including the athletes involved in the sports activities like football, runners, jumpers, gymnasts and other sports involving application of constant stress to body particularly to the lower extremities. Detailed history of all these stress fractures injuries were retrieved and arranged systemically. The study was included the record of the last 5 years of the sports injuries. All stress fractures were analyzed for incidence, frequency of stress fractures, and location of stress fractures, injury severity and incidence of re-injuries. In Results A total of 49 stress fractures were registered in 42 players, out of total 983 players of all the sports academies. The incidence of stress fractures was found to be 0.6 % of all the sports injuries. In Conclusion There is limited research assessing stress fractures injuries in athletic sports. We have shown that stress fractures are rare in athletic sports but when they occur, they cause long absences. Younger age and intensive workload appear to be risk factors. Stress fractures are a recognized complication of the chronic, intensive, weight-bearing training familiar to athletic, dance and military populations. Bones are most susceptible to stress fracture when weakened by remodeling- related porosity, a primary stage in the adaptive response of bone to changes in patterns of loading.