Abstract

BORGES, Bruno. Fraturas por estresse nos funcionários do Tribunal da Justiça do Distrito Federal e Territórios. Rev. Port. Ortop. Traum. [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.1, pp.19-29. ISSN 1646-2122.

Objective: To identify and diagnose stress fractures in adults treated at the orthopedic clinic and traumatology of the Court of Justice of the Federal District, assessing the patient's profile, the most common site of injury and life habits, a sedentary or activity practitioner intense physical or irregular. Patients were submitted to anamnesis, physical examination and imaging as an outpatient for correct diagnosis and guide treatment. Results: There was no significant difference between males (13 patients) or female (12 patients). The absolute majority of injuries occurred in the bones of the lower extremities, especially the feet and tibia. There was only one case of fracture in the upper limbs (on the radio). Most injuries in lower limbs were related to race sports. The most affected age group was 40 to 50 years (40%). Conclusion: Classically the most affected populations are the military, runners, dancers and football players. In this study there was no male to female, which 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 injuries of the feet (48%, considering all the bones of the foot) were more frequent. Yet the tibia was the most affected individual bone (40%). The conservative treatment with rest (departure from the activity that caused the injury, keeping other activities) and physical therapy, was effective in all cases.

Keywords : Stress fracture; fracture due to insufficiency.

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