Physiological stress response in Thai military recruits

Stress Fractures in Military Recruits

In a prospective study of 295 male Israeli military recruits a 31 % incidence of stress fractures was found. Eighty per cent of the fractures were in the tibial or femoral shaft, while only 8% occurred in the tarsus and metatarsus. Sixty-nine per cent of the femoral stress fractures were asymptomatic, but only 8% of those in the tibia. Even asymptomatic stress fractures do, however, need to be ...

Stress Fracture of the Proximal Fibula in Military Recruits

BACKGROUND We wanted to report on stress fracture of the proximal fibula and to suggest the pathomechanism of this fracture. METHODS Between April 2004 through April 2005, the military recruits who complained of leg pain during the 6 weeks basic training in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps education and training group were evaluated according to their clinical manifestations and plain radio...

Tuberculosis and Military Recruits

Change in Mean Height of Thai Military Recruits From 1972 Through 2006

BACKGROUND Records in Western countries reveal that adult height has been increasing over the last 250 years. These height gains have been biologically associated with healthier childhoods, less illness, and longer life spans-a health-risk transition. To measure such progress in Thailand we studied height change over the last 3 decades. METHODS We analyzed height records for 33 000 21-year-ol...

Unilateral sacroiliac overuse syndrome in military recruits.

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