Patients with shin splints will benefit from traditional anti-inflammatory treatment while stress fracture patients typically will not. For more and more athletes, determining the type of ...

Removable splints and plaster casts appears to be equally safe and effective for treating minor "buckle" wrist fractures in children, researchers report in a new review of studies. However, a US ...

NEW YORK – A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests. The findings, researchers say, should encourage ...

Cast versus splint in children with minimally angulated fractures of the distal radius: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2010; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100119 ...

Their research found that such splints are preferred over casts by patients and their parents in the treatment of uncomplicated buckle fractures in children’s forearms. (ELIZABETHE HOLLAND DURANDO) ...

However, splints do not adequately stop mobility at the two joints close to each other, to allow the fracture ends to move freely. This causes further injury to soft tissues.

Any help would be appreciated. A: Pain in the lower leg may be due to a stress fracture, shin splints, muscle strain/tendonitis or chronic exertional compartment syndrome.

In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective as a cast and provides greater comfort and easier hygiene, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre ...

Removable splints and plaster casts appears to be equally safe and effective for treating minor “buckle” wrist fractures in children, British researchers report in a new review of studies ...

It was very minor pain, but I freaked out that it could be a stress fracture. I got a bone scan, which showed that both legs had either severe shin splints or possible early-stage stress fractures.

Background: Minimally angulated fractures of the distal radius are common in children and have excellent outcomes. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether the use of a ...

Unfortunately, in many of these athletes, shin splints can lead to a much more severe and advanced problem: a stress fracture. Some very good athletes have been hampered by this condition.