A sideways fall and hip fracture
A sideways fall and hip fracture
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bone.2006.01.148
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发表时间:
2006-08-01
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影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Järvinen, M
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作者:
Kannus, P;Leiponen, P;Järvinen, M
A sideways fall onto the hip is known to be a clear risk factor for hip fracture of elderly people, but it has remained unclear how severe injury such a fall can be. This retrospective patient file survey of young adults aged 15 to 49 years suggested that a fall onto the hip is indeed a serious high-impact injury possessing energy to fracture the proximal femur even in young healthy men. This being the case, it is evident that sideways falls can be very dangerous and thus a natural target for fracture prevention. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.