Plantar Loading Comparisons between Women with a History of Second Metatarsal Stress Fractures and Normal Controls

Abstract

It is unclear whether plantar loading can be used as a predictor of stress-fracture injury risk as these patients were tested after a stress fracture.

Three-dimensional ankle kinematics and kinetics during running in women

“…From previous literature, plantar loading measurements appear to be more sensitive than mechanical measurements for determining risk factors for this injury [33]. Additionally, consistent with all stress fractures, extrinsic factors such as increased training intensity, fatigue, shoes, bone density, initial fitness, and hard training surfaces likely play significant roles in stress fracture development [5,6].…”

Impact reduction during running: efficiency of simple acute interventions in recreational runners

“…This might lead to a risk of stress injuries located for instance at the metatarsal bones, if the stress applied exceeds the structural and physiological limit of these tissues (Giuliani et al 2011;Lohman et al 2011). Queen et al (2009) have also observed decreases in contact area and maximal force beneath the midfoot in women with history of metatarsal stress fracture compared to a control group, bringing support to gait changes 'post-injury'. However, no biomechanical evaluation 'pre-injury' was performed and thus we cannot conclude whether or not this pattern alteration is directly due to metatarsal stress fractures.…”

Gender Differences in Plantar Loading During an Unanticipated Side Cut on FieldTurf

“…5,[7][8][9][10]22,26 When examining a side-cut task, the medial portion of the foot experiences more loading than the lateral portions of the foot. 5,10 The results of this study are similar to those that have been reported previously with the largest loads being seen beneath the medial border of the foot.…”

“…[5][6][7][8][9][10] In addition, plantar loading has been evaluated in athletic populations as a way to examine the effect of acute and overuse injuries, such as ankle inversion injuries and stress fractures. [11][12][13] Loading of the foot has been reported to be altered based on running speed, type of movement, and shoe design.…”