Female Athlete Triad - Stress Fractures in Young Female Athleticians

Benel at all performed a level to study of 53 female and 58 male track and field athletes over one year. They found a 21 % incidence of stress fractures in their athletes. Insufficient cloric intake, caused by either a poor diet or an eating disorder, is the most common cause for the loss of menses in a female athlete. Secondary amenarea is defined as the cessation of menses for months after at least one normal cycle. The female triad includes amenerea, disordered eating and astria perosis, which may result in stress fractures.