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Researchers have identified how certain genes can contribute towards a person’s susceptibility to stress fracture injuries, a fatigue-induced fracture of the bone caused by repeated pressure over time.
Unlike normal fractures, stress fractures are the result of accumulated trauma from repeated mechanical usage, such as running or jumping. As such, stress fractures are common injuries for athletes and military personnel.
In this study, the researchers aimed to identify the contribution a specific gene had to stress fracture injuries in two groups of volunteers made up of military recruits and elite athletes.
The researchers evaluated the contribution the specific gene, P2X7R, had on the volunteers.
“The study found that two specific variations within the gene were associated with stress fracture injuries in healthy, exercising individuals,” said one of the researchers Jim Gallagher from the University of Liverpool in England.
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