Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite higher interfragmentary strains placed on distal femur fractures when weight-bearing during early ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the ...

This interesting study shows that the incidence of more rare femoral fractures such as subtrochanteric fractures was stable from 1996 to 2006, although the overall incidence of hip fracture is ...

Bisphosphonates are effective in reducing hip and osteoporotic fractures. However, concerns about atypical femur fractures have contributed to substantially decreased bisphosphonate use, and the ...

The femur — your thigh bone — is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When the femur breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make everyday tasks much more difficult ...

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Femoral neck fractures and peritrochanteric fractures are equally prevalent and make up over 90 percent of proximal femur fractures. Femoral neck fractures are intracapsular fractures. The capsule is ...

She continued on, although her pain was intensifying. “Discomfort during running is normal, expected and tolerated by most all runners,” said Arrington, a nurse in perioperative services for more than ...