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Wounds and Injuries > Fractures, Bone > Fractures, Stress

Preferred term

Fractures, Stress  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fatigue Fracture
  • Fatigue Fractures
  • Fracture, Fatigue
  • Fracture, March
  • Fractures, Fatigue
  • Fractures, March
  • March Fracture
  • March Fractures
  • Stress Fractures

Note

  • coordinate with specific organ /inj or organ/fracture term; entry term FATIGUE FRACTURES refers to bone fractures: do not use for metal fatigue as in fatigue fractures of amalgams, nails, screw plates, etc. (index STRESS, MECHANICAL)

Scope note

  • Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combination of MUSCLE FATIGUE and bone failure, and occur in situations where BONE REMODELING predominates over repair. The most common sites of stress fractures are the METATARSUS; FIBULA; TIBIA; and FEMORAL NECK.

History note

  • 90

In other languages

  • rasitusmurtumat

    Finnish

  • fractura ex fatigione
  • marssifraktuura
  • marssifraktuurat
  • marssimurtuma
  • marssimurtumat
  • rasitusfraktuura
  • rasitusfraktuurat
  • rasitusmurtuma
  • stressifraktuura
  • stressifraktuurat
  • stressimurtuma
  • stressimurtumat
  • väsymisfraktuura
  • väsymisfraktuurat
  • väsymismurtuma
  • väsymismurtumat
  • Stressfrakturer

    Swedish

  • Metarsalbensfrakturer
  • Mikrofrakturer
  • Utmattningsfrakturer

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015775

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