The Prevalence and Body Site Distribution of Stress Fractures among Female Combat Soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces: A Cross-Sectional Study

One of the most troublesome overuse injuries is stress fractures, for which female gender is a major risk factor. In 2015, the Israeli government opened identical combat duties for both genders. The purpose of this study is to provide a detailed report regarding the prevalence and characteristics of...

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Main Authors: Oren Schwartz MD, MHA, MPH, Saeed Abdallah MD, Sergey Kutikov MD, Cara H. Olsen DrPH, Israel Dudkiewicz MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:Gender and the Genome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1089/gg.2017.0010