INTRODUCTION Although it has been suggested that overweight and obese children have an increased risk of fracture, recent studies in post-menopausal women have shown that the relationship between obesity and fracture risk varies by fracture site. We therefore assessed whether adiposity and overweight/obesity prevalence differed by upper limb fracture site in children. METHODS Height, weight, ...

The inflammatory response associated with fracture healing induces varying levels of local scarring and adhesions. Associated morbidity from local adhesions is rare in forearm fractures, but entrapment of flexor tendons has been reported in the literature following both-bone forearm fractures in children and adolescents [1–9]. In 14 of the 15 cases of flexor tendon entrapment following both-bon...

BACKGROUND Plastic deformation of the forearm is a rare and frequently missed injury in adults that can result in a significant loss of forearm rotation. The condition is reported mainly in Western countries; however, it is not uncommon in Eastern developing countries. We conducted a retrospective study of 30 cases of forearm deformation to find common factors to increase awareness of the condi...

An audit of fracture clinic referrals from the Paediatric Emergency Department demonstrated a large proportion of patients referred had not suffered a fracture or significant injury. A strategy for managing distal forearm (radius and/or ulna) buckle fractures was developed with the goals of reducing overall fracture clinic referrals and reducing the number of non-significant injuries referred t...

Weight cycling may lead to fractures in non-weight-bearing bone. The authors investigated the association between self-reported episodes of weight loss and forearm fracture in a cohort of elderly Norwegian men (n = 4,601; mean age = 71.6 years). Men initially examined in 1972-1973 as part of the population-based Oslo Study were reexamined in 2000. Weight and height were measured both times; his...

background and objective: due to a high prevalence of osteoporosis and its costs and regarding different ways of treatment for this disease and lack of knowledge about their efficacy in fracture rate in iran, this study was designed in zanjan to determine fracture rate in hypogonadal osteoporotic women who were on different types of anti-osteoporotic treatments. materials and methods: in this h...

Introduction: Since distal radius fractures are among the most common fractures encountered in orthopedics and one of their common complications is restriction of rotational movements of the wrist and forearm, identification of factors affecting this loss of motion is of importance. This study was conducted to evaluate the relation between extraarticular distal radius fractures associated with ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors associated with fracture of the distal forearm, and to evaluate the influence of falls on these risks. DESIGN This was a case-control study. SETTING Manchester, UK. PARTICIPANTS The cases were 62 white women aged 45-82 years who had sustained a fracture of the distal forearm and had attended local hospitals. Two control groups were studied - 50 wome...

Flexor tendon entrapment after a pediatric forearm fracture is a rarely reported complication that is often diagnosed late. Flexor tendon entrapment is more frequently reported after distal forearm fractures, and possible etiologies include fibrosis secondary to hemorrhage at the fracture site and simple entrapment of the muscle belly.This article describes a case of ring finger flexor digitoru...