YOUTH IS A RISK FACTOR FOR STRESS-FRACTURE - A STUDY OF 783 INFANTRY RECRUITS

Authors
MILGROM C FINESTONE A SHLAMKOVITCH N RAND N LEV B SIMKIN A WIENER M
Citation
C. Milgrom et al., YOUTH IS A RISK FACTOR FOR STRESS-FRACTURE - A STUDY OF 783 INFANTRY RECRUITS, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 76B(1), 1994, pp. 20-22
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301620X
Volume
76B
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
20 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-620X(1994)76B:1<20:YIARFF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report a prospective study of 783 male Israeli recruits aged from 1 7 to 26 years. The risk of stress fracture was inversely proportional to age on both univariate and multivariate analysis. Each year of incr ease of age above 17 years reduced the risk of stress fracture by 28%.