Fracturas de estrés en atletas

Abstract

Stress fracture is a solution of partial or complete continuity as a result of excessive or repeated loads, an acute and severe tide, resulting in a greater resorption compared to a weak tissue formation. The distribution of the most common stress fractures in the tibia, the tarsal bones and the metatarsals and several are the risk factors for the production of the injury such as extrinsic factors related to sports equipment and physical conditioning and factors intrinsic factors such as age, sex, race, bone density and metabolic level. This article aims to perform a systematic review on the bones of the smallest, most sensitive members of the lesion, the distribution of patients’ age, sex, intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, the treatment to be applied the recommendations that should be communicated as health services for the prevention of injury in training