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A study of 2,777 first-year midshipmen was done using four prophylactic programs for prevention of shin splints. None were effective. Treatment of the ninety-seven men in whom shin splints developed was divided into five regimens. All were effective to varying degrees. Prohibition of running was common to all the treatments.
Andrish et al. (Sun,) studied this question.