Chao initially feared that Watt's injury could be much more severe, suspecting a left 5th metatarsal Jones fracture, an injury that typically requires about two months of recovery. However ...

such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly and often are treated with surgery. As with most injuries ...

Higgins: It's a phenomenon of modern sport and has been increasing over the last 15 years. Many of these metatarsal fractures are because of stress or over-use. There have always been stress fractures ...

Bayern Munich left-back Hiroki Itō, one of the top candidates to step in for the just-injured Alphonso Davies, is now confirmed to be out with a metatarsal fracture. Uhhhhhhhh, look, this is real ...

Bayern Munich’s Hiroki Ito is set for another spell on the sidelines after suffering a metatarsal fracture for the second time this season. The Japanese defender picked up the injury in Bayern ...

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 ...