Stress Fractures in Court Employees of Justice of the Federal District and Territories Bruno Borges Braga

Objective: To identify and diagnose stress fractures in adults treated at the orthopedics and traumatology outpatient clinic of the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories, evaluating the patient's profile, the most lifestyle and standard of living, whether sedentary or regular practitioner of activity physical activity, and the intensity of training. The patients underwent anamnesis, physical examination and imaging tests, on an outpatient basis, to elucidation of the diagnosis and orientation of the treatment. Results: There was no significant difference between males (13 patients) or female (12 patients). The absolute majority of injuries occurred in bones of the lower limbs, mainly the feet and tibia. There was only one case of fracture in the upper limbs (in the radius). most of lower limb injuries was related to running sports. Track The age group most affected was between 40 and 50 years old (40%). Conclusions: Classically, the most affected populations are the military, runners, dancers and football players. In the present study, there was no difference between genders, a fact that may be related to the small number of patients. There was disagreement with the literature in the most affected bones. In the literature, half of the cases occur in the tibia. In the present study, the lesions of the feet (48%, considering all bones of the foot) were more frequent. Even so, the tibia was the most affected individual bone (40%). O conservative treatment with rest (withdrawal from the activity that caused the injury, maintaining other activities) and physiotherapy, was effective in all cases.