A fifth metatarsal fracture or broken fifth metatarsal requires immediate diagnosis. This is a common foot injury that occurs many times due to a separate injury in the foot that requires the ...

Chao initially feared that Watt's injury could be much more severe, suspecting a left 5th metatarsal Jones fracture, an injury that typically requires about two months of recovery. However ...

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...

The crash saw Lecuona diagnosed with a fracture of the fourth metatarsal ... final round of last season when he broke the fifth metatarsal in his left foot, before fracturing a rib in preseason ...

Stress fractures were first described in 1855 by a Prussian military physician. He observed signs and symptoms of stress fractures in soldiers' feet resulting from their long marches. Stress ...

Higgins: It's a phenomenon of modern sport and has been increasing over the last 15 years. Many of these metatarsal fractures are because of stress or over-use. There have always been stress fractures ...