Although prior falls are a well-established predictor of future fracture, there is currently limited evidence regarding the specific value of falls history in fracture risk assessment relative to that of other clinical risk factors and bone mineral density (BMD) measurement. We therefore investigated, across the three Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study cohorts, whether past falls predic...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Supracondylar fracture of the humerus is the most common elbow fracture in children. This fracture needs immediate diagnosis and treatment, otherwise, it may lead to significant neurovascular and functional problems. The aim of this study was to assess the short term outcome of displaced supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children by open reduction and pining from...

In this study, we studied the relationship between fracture patterns and motor function recovery in 70 consecutive patients with cervical spinal cord injury. Fractures were categorized into 6 fracture types and subdivided into stages according to the Allen-Ferguson classification system:compressive flexion (CF), distractive flexion (DF), compressive extension (CE), distractive extension (DE), v...

QUESTION Does an advice and exercise program improve outcome for adults following distal radius fracture? DESIGN Randomised trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-six patients whose fracture had been managed with pins and/or cast. INTERVENTION The experimental group received a physiotherapist-directed program of advice and e...

OBJECTIVE To chronicle the conservative treatment and management of an osteoporotic patient presenting with acute back pain resulting from a lumbar compression fracture. CLINICAL FEATURES A 74-year old male presented with acute back pain in the thoracolumbar region after an episode of lifting. Radiographic evaluation revealed generalized demineralization and a moderate wedge compression fract...

Monteggia and Galeazzi fractures account for 1-5% of total forearm fractures. A combined Monteggia and Galeazzi fracture is an extremely rare injury. We present a case of a Gustillo-Henderson type 2 open combined bipolar Monteggia and Galeazzi fracture, as well as fracture of the ulnar coronoid process in a 49-year old male. The patient was treated surgically, with open reduction and internal f...

In the linked study (doi:10.1136/bmj.a2428), Appelboam and colleagues extend this work with the results of the SWEET study—a multicentre prospective diagnostic cohort study that investigates a simple clinical test (extension of the supine elbow) for detecting elbow fracture.10 The authors assessed 1740 adults and children with acute elbow injury and found that inability to extend the elbow full...

Fracture of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia in childhood is a relatively common injury, but to our knowledge a bilateral case has never been reported. A patient with bilateral fractures is presented and the literature is reviewed. An 8-year-old girl fell from a tree and sustained bilateral fractures of the tibial spine. According to Meyers' and McKeever's classification normal x rays re...

In this work, we present numerical studies of fixed-stress iterative coupling for solving flow and geomechanics with propagating fractures in a porous medium. Specifically, fracture propagations are described by employing a phasefield approach. The extension to fixed-stress splitting to propagating phase-field fractures and systematic investigation of its properties are important enhancements t...