The relationship between cricket fast bowling workload and lumbar stress fracture

Background: Cricket fast bowlers are highly susceptible to lumbar stress fractures. These injuries typically affect younger players (less than 22 years old) and require prolonged recovery times. Aside from younger age, other known risk factors include excessive trunk rotation during the delivery and bowling workload. It has been demonstrated that a safe zone for bowling load exists with deviations above or below this zone associated with an...