Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Feb 2000

Freiberg's infraction in a collegiate heptathlete

HJ Palamarchuk Department of Orthopedics, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

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CR Oehrlein Department of Orthopedics, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-90-2-77
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In 1914, Freiberg described a condition of infraction of the second metatarsal head. At the time, he considered direct trauma to be the etiologic agent, but he later disproved this by demonstrating a case without a history of trauma. This article describes a case of Freiberg's infraction in a female collegiate heptathlete and the effects of conservative treatment of her condition with custom-made orthoses.

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