Fatigue Fracture

fatigue fracture

n.

A fracture, usually transverse in orientation, that occurs as a result of repeated or unusual endogenous stress.

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fatigue fracture,

any fracture that results from excessive physical activity and not from any specific injury, as commonly occurs in the metatarsal bones of runners. See also stress fracture.

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Stress Fracture

A fracture due to repeated, unidirectional stress or strain on a particular musculoskeletal zone, or due to repeated relatively trivial bone trauma, resulting in local bone resorption
At risk groups Runners, ballet dancers—fibula, tibia; soldiers—metatarsal bones; jackhammer/pneumatic drill operators—metacarpal bones; office workers—coccyx

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fatigue fracture

Insufficiency fracture, stress fracture Sports medicine A stress fracture affecting the feet of formerly fit foot soldiers, caused by repeated, relatively 'trivial' trauma to normal bone, resulting in local bone resorption. Cf Flat feet.