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. 2012 Aug 6;13:139. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-139

Table 3.

Patient characteristics

  Number (n) Female/Male Age (mean) Type of sport (n) Localization (n)
Low-risk stress fractures
29
16/6
23.7
Distance running n = 12) Track (n = 9) Handball (n = 5) Other (n = 3)
Metatarsal (n = 14) Tarsal (n = 2) Tibia (n = 6) Fibula (n = 3) Other (n = 4)
High-risk stress fractures 23 14/16 21.7 Handball (n = 8) Track (n = 9) Long distance running (n = 4) Other (n = 2) Metatarsal II (n = 3) Metatarsal V (n = 8) Navicular bone (n = 9) Talar bone (n = 2) Femur (n = 1)

Abbrevations: n, number.