PAT 202-Week 12: Fractures and Osteoporosis
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- Break in continuity of a bone
What is a fracture? - Occurs when force applied exceeding tensile or
compressive strength of bone
- Fracture incidence varies depending on bone
involved, age, gender
- highest incidence of fractures occurs in young males
ages 15 to 24 and in adults 65 years and older
What is the incidence of - rates of hip and wrist fractures tend to be higher in
fractures? women
an estimated 158 million hip fractures occurred
worldwide in 2015
- this number is expected to increase to 316 million by
2040
, •Complete
•bone broken all way through
•Incomplete
•bone damaged but still in one piece
•Closed or simple (complete or incomplete)
•skin intact
What are the
•Open or compound (complete or incomplete)
classifications of
•skin broken
fractures?
•Comminuted
•bone breaks into more than two fragments
•Linear
•fracture runs parallel to long axis of bone
•Oblique
•fracture of shaft of bone is slanted
•bone mineral content, bone size, bone accrual all
lower = low bone mineral density (BMD)
•genetic factors
What are the risk factors •poor nutrition
for fractures in pediatric •inadequate intake of dietary calcium, milk avoidance,
populations? excessive consumption of carbonated beverages
•lack of weight-bearing physical activity
•obesity
•play and sport (exposure to trauma)
•age
•gender
•osteoporosis (fragility fracture)
What are the risk factors
•smoking
for fractures in older
•alcohol
adults?
•steroids
•diabetes
•previous fracture
What are fractures most Fractures are most commonly caused by falls, car
commonly caused by? accidents, and athletic injuries
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Terms in this set (35)
- Break in continuity of a bone
What is a fracture? - Occurs when force applied exceeding tensile or
compressive strength of bone
- Fracture incidence varies depending on bone
involved, age, gender
- highest incidence of fractures occurs in young males
ages 15 to 24 and in adults 65 years and older
What is the incidence of - rates of hip and wrist fractures tend to be higher in
fractures? women
an estimated 158 million hip fractures occurred
worldwide in 2015
- this number is expected to increase to 316 million by
2040
, •Complete
•bone broken all way through
•Incomplete
•bone damaged but still in one piece
•Closed or simple (complete or incomplete)
•skin intact
What are the
•Open or compound (complete or incomplete)
classifications of
•skin broken
fractures?
•Comminuted
•bone breaks into more than two fragments
•Linear
•fracture runs parallel to long axis of bone
•Oblique
•fracture of shaft of bone is slanted
•bone mineral content, bone size, bone accrual all
lower = low bone mineral density (BMD)
•genetic factors
What are the risk factors •poor nutrition
for fractures in pediatric •inadequate intake of dietary calcium, milk avoidance,
populations? excessive consumption of carbonated beverages
•lack of weight-bearing physical activity
•obesity
•play and sport (exposure to trauma)
•age
•gender
•osteoporosis (fragility fracture)
What are the risk factors
•smoking
for fractures in older
•alcohol
adults?
•steroids
•diabetes
•previous fracture
What are fractures most Fractures are most commonly caused by falls, car
commonly caused by? accidents, and athletic injuries
