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Foot Fracture Definition
Common names:
  • Broken Foot
  • Foot Fracture
  • Fractured Foot
  • Jone's Fracture
  • Stress Fracture Foot
A person with a foot fracture has a break in one of the bones in the foot.

Foot fractures may occur in the:
  • Phalanges: toes
  • Metatarsal bones: mid-foot
  • Tarsal bones: hind-foot and heel (calcaneus bone)
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Last Updated: Aug 2, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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