This is the area between the base and the shaft of the fifth metatarsal. This area has less blood supply than other areas of the bone, which can make healing quite difficult. This is generally a ...

OBJECTIVE: To our knowledge, this article is the first to describe a series of patients with avulsion fractures of the base of the fifth metatarsal that were not seen on conventional radiography ...

An avulsion fracture is a break of the fifth metatarsal and almost always occurs in the base of the fifth metatarsal where the bump is on the outside of your foot. This is called zone 1 of the ...

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 ...