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- Title
A Rare Cause of Leg Pain in a Housewife with a Sedentary Lifestyle: Shin Splints Syndrome: Case Report.
- Authors
SERÇE, Azize; KARACA UMAY, Ebru; BÜYÜKŞİRECİ, Mehmet; ÇAKCI, Fatma Aytül
- Abstract
Shin splints syndrome (SSS) is one of the exercise-induced overuse trauma that usually affects soldiers and athletes. The main risk factors in these people are high body mass index, female sex, excessive pronation of midfoot, increased plantar flexion and presence of hallux valgus. To draw attention to this rare condition, and to prevent both time lost and high cost for differential diagnosis in clinical practice, herein, we presented a first case of SSS detected in a housewife with sedentary lifestyle.
- Publication
Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, 2017, Vol 20, Issue 3, p155
- ISSN
1309-3843
- Publication type
Academic Journal