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==Epidemiology== Rates of shin splints in at-risk groups are 4% to 35%.<ref name=Res2012/> Women are affected more often than men.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Newman |first1=Phil |last2=Witchalls |first2=Jeremy |last3=Waddington |first3=Gordon |last4=Adams |first4=Roger |year=2013 |title=Risk factors associated with medial tibial stress syndrome in runners: a systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine |volume=4 |pages=229β241 |doi=10.2147/OAJSM.S39331 |issn=1179-1543 |pmc=3873798 |pmid=24379729 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Macleod MA, Houston AS, Sanders L, Anagnostopoulos C | title = Incidence of trauma related stress fractures and shin splints in male and female army recruits: retrospective case study | journal = BMJ | year=1999 | volume = 318 | issue = 7175 | page = 29 | doi=10.1136/bmj.318.7175.29 | pmid = 9872880| pmc = 27673 }}</ref>
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