Open AccessStress Fracture in Non-Athletes: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Cátia Irene Duarte Valente,
Elaine Cristina Silva dos Reis,
Durval Ribas Filho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mednext journal of medical and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2763-5678
DOI - 10.34256/mdnt2136
Subject(s) - athletes , stress fractures , fracture (geology) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , affect (linguistics) , incidence (geometry) , stress (linguistics) , medicine , psychology , engineering , communication , linguistics , philosophy , physics , geotechnical engineering , optics
The present study seeks to discuss the incidence of a stress fracture in not athletes. This type of pathology occurs as a result of a repetitive number of movements in a given region, fatigue and muscle imbalance are the main responsible for these fractures, which mainly affect runners and military, groups that are more susceptible to a large amount of impact In practice, and has been increasing in non-athletes. To do so, it reviews the literature based on the first descriptions of the stress fracture, the causes of this type of occurrence, the results on the patient's body, and the modes of treatment and recovery. The objective of this study is to review the literature currently available to aggregate the most relevant information regarding this pathology.