Leg Injuries. 1  Shin Splints. Shin splints, like runner's knee, is a term that describes a set of symptoms, not an actual diagnosis. Shin splint pain can be due to problems with the muscles, bone, or the attachment of the muscle to the bone. 2  Stress Fractures.
âToward and towardsâ are both accepted as correct, and are interchangeable. Wiktionary even states that âtowardâ is a variant of âtowardsâ. The only distinction between the two is that âtowardâ is often used in American English, and the other (towards) is often used in British English.
Definition of regression towards the mean: Statistical tendency of a data series to gravitate towards the center of a distribution, provided it starts on the either end of the distribution and is free to fluctuate. Children of very tall parents, for example, tend to be taller than the average children but shorter than the average of the parents' heights. Also called regression to the mean.