The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be extremely painful and problematic for those involved in repetitive motion injuries such as running. A Jones fracture is a fracture of ...

The fifth metatarsal is higher up in the foot than the pinky toe and has several risk areas which need to be discussed when in a conversation about the lateral foot. The first type of fracture I ...

Higgins: It's a phenomenon of modern sport and has been increasing over the last 15 years. Many of these metatarsal fractures are because of stress or over-use. There have always been stress fractures ...

Reports of isolated avulsion fracture at the planter lateral base of the first metatarsal without injury of the tarsometatarsal joint are very rare. A 24 year old man sustained an avulsion fracture at ...

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...