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Shin Splints

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Topic updated on 11/09/12 7:03pm
Introduction
  • Includes
    • medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS)
      • most common
      • distal and posteromedial tibia
    • anterior tibial stress syndrome (ATSS)
  • Commonly seen in runners without enough shock absorption
    • running on cement
    • improper shoes
  
Presentation
  • Presentation
    • pain decreases with running
      • (this differentiates from exertional compartment syndrome)
    • foot pronation
Imaging
  • Bone scan
    • increased uptake in blood pool phase
Treatment
  • Conservative
    • activity modification
References
  1. Review of Orthopaedics, 4th Edition, Mark D. Miller, W B Saunders Co, March 2004 
  2. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 8: Home study syllabus, Edited by Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD 
  3. Miller Colorado Review Lecture Series , Mark D. Miller, Stryker, 2005 
  4. Handbook of Fractures, Joseph D. Zuckerman, Kenneth J. Koval 
  5. Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics: The Anatomic Approach, Stanley Hoppenfeld, Piet DeBoer
  6. Netter's Concise Atlas of Orthopaedic Anatomy, Frank H. Netter, John A. Craig, Frank H. Netter, John A. Craig, ICOH
  7. Physical Examination of the Spine & Extremities. Stanley Hoppenfeld.Prentice Hall. Copyright 1976

 

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