ArticleSports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation, therapy & technology : SMARTT2009
The relationship between lower extremity alignment and Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome among non-professional athletes.
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- Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Novice and Recreational Runners: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Active Individuals: An Evidence-Based Review.Journal of athletic training · 2016Pooled it
- Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Active Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Risk Factors.Sports healthPooled it
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- Multidisciplinary prediction of running-related injuries using machine learning.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Plantar load characteristics among runners with different strike patterns during preferred speed.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2020Article
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- Exercise-induced leg pain.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2015Review
- Studying the Relation Between Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome and Anatomic and Anthropometric Characteristics of Military Male Personnel.Asian journal of sports medicine · 2015Article
- Analysis of the talocrural and subtalar joint motions in patients with medial tibial stress syndrome.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2015Article
- Risk factors associated with medial tibial stress syndrome in runners: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2013Review
- Prevention of overuse sports injuries in the young athlete.The Orthopedic clinics of North America · 2013Review
- Incidence and risk factors for medial tibial stress syndrome and tibial stress fracture in high school runners.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2013Article
- Sudden cardiac death athletes: a systematic review.Sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation, therapy & technology : SMARTT · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the relationship between lower extremity alignment and MTSS amongst non-professional athletes
designIn a prospective Study, sixty six subjects were evaluated. Bilateral navicular drop test, Q angle, Achilles angle, tibial angle, intermalleolar and intercondylar distance were measured. In addition, runner's height, body mass, history of previous running injury, running experience was recorded. Runners were followed for 17 weeks to determine occurrence of MTSS.
resultsThe overall injury rate for MTSS was 19.7%. The MTSS injury rate in girls (22%) was not significantly different from the rate in boys (14.3%). Most MTSS injuries were induced after 60 hours of exercise, which did not differ between boys and girls. There was a significant difference in right and left navicular drop (ND) in athletes with MTSS. MTSS had no significant correlation with other variables including Quadriceps, Tibia and Achilles angles, intercondylar and intermaleolar lengths and lower extremity lengths. LIMITATION: All measurements performed in this study were uniplanar and static. The small sample size deemed our main limitation. The accurate assessment of participants with previous history of anterior leg pain for MTSS was another limitation.
conclusionAlthough a significant relationship between navicular drop and MTSS was found in this study; there was not any significant relationship between lower extremity alignment and MTSS in our sample study.
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