Metatarsal bones head with one of the first row of phalanges at the metatarsophalangeal joints. Their bases also articulate with each other at the intermetatarsal joints The metatarsal bones are often broken by association football players. These and other recent cases have been attributed to the lightweight design of modern football boots, which provide less protection to the foot. In 2010 some soccer players began testing a new sock that incorporated a rubber silicone pad over the foot to provide protection to the top of the foot. Stress fractures are thought to account for 16% of injuries related to sports participation, and
The Bones of Zora "GURPS Planet Krishna" (a 1997 gaming guide to the "Viagens" series authorized by de Camp), the action of "The Bones of Zora" takes place in the year 2151 AD., falling between "The Virgin of Zesh" and "The Tower of Zanid", and making it the tenth story set on Krishna in terms of chronology. Internal evidence in "The Bones of Zora" confirms the relative sequence of "Virgin" and "Zora". According to "Publishers Weekly", "[t]his ... first collaboration in the long-running Krishna series [is] very much in the same lighthearted adventure vein as de Camp's solo efforts ... There's plenty of amusing