Clinical Trial: Bone Stress Injury Recovery and Return to Sport: A Natural History Study

U.S., Oct. 29 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07902401) titled 'Bone Stress Injury Recovery and Return to Sport: A Natural History Study' on Sept. 09.

Brief Summary: Lower extremity bone stress injury (BSI) is a common overuse injury in athletes and typically requires 4-12 weeks rehabilitation time, provided the injury does not require surgery. Current BSI treatment strategies include cessation of load-bearing sporting activities, consideration for crutches and/or immobilization, pain management, and a gradual return to activities until symptoms resolve. Premature return to sport can result in risk of complications and reinjury of the healing BSI. Moreover, our prior work reported that 1/3 of wo...