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MeSH Heading: Fractures, Stress
Tree Number(s): C26.404.437
Unique ID: D015775
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015775
Annotation: coordinate with specific organ /‌inj or organ/fracture term; entry term FATIGUE FRACTURES refers to bone fractures: do not use for metal fatigue as in fatigue fractures of amalgams, nails, screw plates, etc. (index STRESS, MECHANICAL)
Scope Note: Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combination of MUSCLE FATIGUE and bone failure, and occur in situations where BONE REMODELING predominates over repair. The most common sites of stress fractures are the METATARSUS; FIBULA; TIBIA; and FEMORAL NECK.
Entry Term(s): Bone Stress Reaction; Fatigue Fractures; Fractures, Fatigue; Fractures, March; Insufficiency Fractures; Micro Fractures; Microfractures; Stress Fractures; Stress Reaction, Bone
NLM Classification #: WE 180
Previous Indexing: Fractures (1966-1989); Repetition Strain Injury (1987-1989); Stress, Mechanical (1971-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/15
Revision Date: 2019/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

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urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0024170
Scope Note: Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combination of MUSCLE FATIGUE and bone failure, and occur in situations where BONE REMODELING predominates over repair. The most common sites of stress fractures are the METATARSUS; FIBULA; TIBIA; and FEMORAL NECK.
Terms: Fractures, Stress Preferred Term
Term UI T046793
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Fatigue Fractures
Term UI T046789
Date05/10/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Fractures, Fatigue
Term UI T046790
Date03/08/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Fractures, March
Term UI T046791
Date03/08/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Stress Fractures
Term UI T046792
Date03/08/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990)

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