Type 1 diabetes was associated with an elevated risk for osteoporotic fracture regardless of femoral neck bone mineral density.

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That fracture looks painful, let’s pull on it! Yes, pulling on a broken leg is often the perfect solution, but only if we do it right. Steve Whitehead will tell you how on this episode of One for the ...

Stress fractures are small bone cracks from overuse. Learn about the causes, who's at risk, and current methods for diagnosis ...

The FRAX tool demonstrated good discrimination overall but underestimated fracture risk among certain patients with diabetes, including Hispanic women and Black men.

Presented results showed mobility parameters of a health app successfully captured patient injury and recovery data, as well ...

Table 2. Logistics regression analysis of fracture healing. Relationship between hip joint function and fracture healing Based on the postoperative neck-shaft angle and Oxford score criteria, patients ...

Diagnosis of a forearm fracture can be made with a proper physical examination and X-ray studies. An isolated fracture of the radial shaft is an unusual injury. More commonly, fractures of the radial ...

However, routine nail dynamization has only a low success rate and the risk of limb shortening. Methods: Two patients with femoral shaft fracture hypertrophic nonunion at 4 or 5 months after ...

Operative fixation of isolated, closed humeral shaft fractures yielded a mean DASH score of 24.5 at 3-month follow-up. This was compared with a mean DASH score of 39.4 for nonoperative treatment.

But unstable or high-energy fractures need surgery. Most pelvic fractures are caused by direct hits or by a hit through the thighbone (femur). They often occur due to motor vehicle accidents, ...

Surgery is also sometimes needed—"particularly with labral tears and hip fractures," notes Momberger. Of course, such interventions can be avoided altogether if certain preventative measures are ...