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Effects Of Marathon Training On Male And Female Femoral Stress Fracture Risk, Clara Lin
Effects Of Marathon Training On Male And Female Femoral Stress Fracture Risk, Clara Lin
Master's Theses
Marathon runners are prone to femoral stress fractures due to the high magnitudes and frequencies of lower extremity loads during training. Female runners tend to have a greater incidence of stress fracture compared to male runners. Sex-specific differences in body structure, joint pressure, and muscle activation patterns that influence bone remodeling may cause this observed difference in stress fracture occurrence. The goal of this thesis was to develop a finite element model of the femur during marathon training, then determine if marathon training affected bone properties of male and female runners differently. To achieve this goal, a finite element femur …