We also found consensus in the literature and experts that operative treatment of Jones and stress fractures of the proximal fifth metatarsal will lead to a higher healing rate and faster time to ...

A fifth metatarsal fracture or broken fifth metatarsal requires immediate diagnosis. This is a common foot injury that occurs many times due to a separate injury in the foot that requires the ...

The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be extremely painful and problematic for those involved in repetitive motion injuries such as running. A Jones fracture is a fracture of ...

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...