Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01434:reg:7
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Provision Reference: reg 7
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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints) and death from medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints).
Meaning of medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints)
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints):
(a)          means a bone stress reaction or periosteal inflammation manifesting as exercise-induced pain along the posteromedial aspect of the distal two-thirds of the tibia which typically resolves or reduces with rest; and
(b)          excludes:
(i)            fracture, including stress fracture;
(ii)         lower leg tendinopathies or bursitis;
(iii)       nerve entrapments (sural or superficial peroneal);
(iv)        popliteal artery entrapment syndrome;
(v)          acute sprain and acute strain; and
(vi)        vascular insufficiency.
Death from medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints)
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints), in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints).
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.