Metatarsal injuries are common in athletes and usually occur as a result of a direct blow to the foot or as stress fractures.

He observed signs and symptoms of stress fractures in ... line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly and often are treated with surgery.

It is another blow to head coach Vincent Kompany after injuries to defenders Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano.

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 ...