Diseases and overuse injuries of the lower extremities in long distance runners Rheumatologists on the Balgrist in Zurich have summarized the literature on problems of lower extremity of runners. 50% of the runners complains about a problem at least once a year.Rarely are accidents the problem.The following overload problems are most commonly mentioned: femoropatellar pain, shin Splints, runner’s knee, problems of Achilles tendon, plantar fasciitis, as well as stress fractures of center foot bones or tibia.
The knee is the joint that is most commonly affected independently of the route length. Too high body weight and too many weekly running kilometers are the largest risk factor for overloading damage to the lower extremity. The whole work can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28236094/