Back to Healio There are 3 distinct fracture patterns that affect the base of the fifth metatarsal. Unfortunately, the terminology and descriptions of these injuries remain confusing in the ...

A Jones fracture is a break in a bone on the outside of the foot, in the fifth metatarsal. This is the long bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the smallest toe. A Jones fracture is a ...

This week we are going to discuss the foot, more specifically the fifth metatarsal or the long bone attaching to the pinky toe. The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be ...

Approximately 30% of metatarsal fractures affect the base of the fifth metatarsal bone. Nevertheless, no evidence-based treatment recommendations are available to date. Methods: The three fracture ...

A Jones fracture is a break between the base and shaft of the fifth metatarsal bone of your foot. This is the bone on the outside of the foot, which is connected to your smallest toe, sometimes ...

An avulsion fracture is a break of the fifth metatarsal and almost always occurs in the base of the fifth metatarsal where the bump is on the outside of your foot. This is called zone 1 of the ...

For the fifth metatarsal fracture, weighted mean return to sport was 19 for conservative ... to reveal the methodological weakness of current literature on which we base our treatment policies. No ...

Background There is little information about Metatarsal Five ... proved to be MT-5 fractures. Their incidence was 0.04 injuries/1000 h of exposure. A team of 25 players might thus expect an MT-5 ...

But the most common football injury I have seen over the years in terms of metatarsal fractures is a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal – also known as a Jones fracture. The fifth ...

According to the statement made public by the club, Kroos has been diagnosed with 'a fracture-avulsion of the base of the fifth metatarsal of the right foot, which happened during the last LaLiga ...

A Jones fracture is a broken bone in the midsection of the fifth metatarsal of the foot, at the base near the little toe. It can cause pain and swelling if not treated. As GM Sam Presti said in ...