Objective: Analysis of 19 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibodies presenting consecutively with foot pain. All had metatarsal fractures (six bilateral) without any ...

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The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and ...

If your healthcare provider suspects you have a more severe fracture or your symptoms are caused by another problem, additional testing may be necessary. A splint may also be used to stabilize the ...

FRAX is a tool developed by the World Health Organization in 2008 to assess fracture risk. FRAX integrates clinical risk factors and bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck to calculate a ...

Stress fractures often feel better in the morning, because the bone has rested all night, whereas shin splints often feel ...

The most common injury to the fifth metatarsal is an avulsion fracture. It occurs when the tip of the bone closest to the ...

New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray sustained a fractured left hand in Wednesday night's season-opening 123-111 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Tests confirmed the injury to the former All ...

Toronto Raptors All-Star forward Scottie Barnes will miss a minimum of three weeks because of a right orbital fracture, the team announced Wednesday. He will be re-evaluated then and “his ...