Femoral neck fractures are intracapsular fractures. The capsule is the area that contains the fluid that lubricates and nourishes the hip joint. Fractures in this area are categorized based on the ...

My name is Steph, I am a senior in High School in NJ. Over the past couple years I have had serious problems with stress fractures in my right femur. They don't seem to want to heal, and it's becoming ...

I have a 16 1/2 year old daughter who is a cross country and track runner at her high school. Before that she was a Junior Olympic cross country and track athlete. She was an All-American cross ...

Stress fractures are scary to runners. They seem to come out of nowhere, often when you're feeling extremely fit, and there's no magic cure for them. I talked to Dr. Anita G. Rao, MD, an Orthopedic ...

Correspondence to: Dr Hulstyn Brown University Department of Orthopaedics Division of Sports Medicine, 2 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA; hulstyncox.net Background: Stress fractures do not often ...

Child using crutches. The FSI proved to be at least as effective in predicting fracture risk in children as femoral and total body BMD. A new biomechanical bone assessment evaluates fracture risk in ...

Following surgery, some patients experience a broken bone around the implants of a total hip replacement--called a periprosthetic femoral fracture. In a study of such patients published in the Journal ...