Fatigue fracture of the pelvis and the lower extremity

FATIGUE fracture, synonymously called march fracture, is a condition most commonly seen in recruits who are suddenly subjected to unaccustomed physical training. This entity was initially recorded by Briethaupt in 1855, and was overlooked in this country until 1939, when Roberts and Vogt1 described 12 so-called pseudofractures of the tibia. Since then, description of this condition has been generally limited to the European literature, and great interest was quickened in the early 1940's.2 3 4 From December, 1955, to May, 1958, inclusive, a total of 97 fatigue fractures of the pelvis and the lower extremity in 83 patients were observed at the . . .