Stress fracture of the pubic ramus in female recruits

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Hill, PF [1 ]
Chatterji, S [1 ]
Chambers, D [1 ]
Keeling, JD [1 ]
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[1] CAMBRIDGE MIL HOSP, ALDERSHOT GU11 2AN, HANTS, ENGLAND
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JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME | 1996年 / 78B卷 / 03期
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10.1302/0301-620X.78B3.0780383
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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During a four-month period we observed 12 stress fractures of the inferior pubic ramus in 11 military recruits undergoing basic training. Eleven of these were in women, This high number was considered to be caused by the introduction of mixed training of male and female recruits; this forces women to increase their stride length when marching, The presenting symptom was chronic groin pain which failed to settle with rest, and the clinical diagnoses were confirmed by radiographs in all but one patient who was diagnosed by Tc-99m bone scanning. Since the required stride length has been reduced there have been no new cases of stress fracture of the pelvis.
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