2015
DOI: 10.12678/1089-313x.19.2.80
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Stress Fracture of the Second Metatarsal and Sprain of Lisfranc Joint in a Pre-Professional Ballet Dancer

Abstract: We present the case of a 14-year-old pre-professional ballerina that demonstrates common features of two conditions affecting the midfoot that are often missed or subject to delay in diagnosis in such young athletes: 1. stress fractures at the base of the second metatarsal, and 2. sprain of the Lisfranc joint complex. While these represent potentially career-altering injuries in the professional dancer, this case demonstrates that a high index of clinical suspicion, careful physical exam, appropriate radiograp… Show more

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“…Articles were excluded if they only included studies with adult patients, did not have postoperative follow-up, involved treatments for non-PLI, or included cadaveric studies. This left a total of 10 full text studies 4,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] to be used in qualitative synthesis for this systematic review. Figure 1 details the search and selection process for narrowing the initial 290 searched articles to the 10 full-text studies used in this systematic review.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Articles were excluded if they only included studies with adult patients, did not have postoperative follow-up, involved treatments for non-PLI, or included cadaveric studies. This left a total of 10 full text studies 4,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] to be used in qualitative synthesis for this systematic review. Figure 1 details the search and selection process for narrowing the initial 290 searched articles to the 10 full-text studies used in this systematic review.…”
Section: Search Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4,5 There are many treatment options with varying outcomes, but there is no consensus on the most optimal management protocol for this injury. 1,4,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Nonetheless, the majority of studies included in this systematic review have achieved successful postoperative outcomes using surgical intervention to achieve reduction and fixation in treating PLI. 4,5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The purpose of this study is to define standardized diagnostic criteria and novel treatment guidelines based on the classification of injury to pair the best management protocols with optimal long-term outcomes for future patients receiving treatment for PLI.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These two are considered the strongest ligaments in the Lisfranc ligamentous complex and are the primary stabilizer to the medial and middle column of the midfoot [ 4 , 8 ]. This arrangement allows the foot to perform as a lever arm that propels the foot forward during the gait cycle [ 9 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We also note that stress fractures reported in ballet dancers characteristically occur at the base of the second metatarsals [ 19 ]. Whilst acknowledging that Lisfranc ligamentous injury is uncommon in ballet dancers given the en pointe position which imparts compressive rather than shearing force across the TMT joints [ 9 , 20 ], there is paucity of literature on MRI correlate of ballet dancers with second metatarsal base fractures and Lisfranc ligaments in this cohort of patients. This would be an important area of research because the imaging of these second metatarsal base fractures described in literature are quite similar to our cases, involving the plantar Lisfranc footprints at metatarsal bases [ 9 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These scenarios are typically managed with 4 weeks of non–weight-bearing before partial weight-bearing, and then graduated RTP can begin. 33 46…”
Section: Lower Extremitymentioning
confidence: 99%