Citation

Kannus P, Leiponen P, Parkkari J, Palvanen M, Järvinen M. Bone 2006; 39(2): 383-384.

Affiliation

Accident and Trauma Research Center, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland. pekka.kannus@uta.fi

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.bone.2006.01.148

PMID

16504612

Abstract

A sideways fall onto the hip is known to be a clear risk factor for hip fracture of elderly people, but it has remained unclear how severe injury such a fall can be. This retrospective patient file survey of young adults aged 15 to 49 years suggested that a fall onto the hip is indeed a serious high-impact injury possessing energy to fracture the proximal femur even in young healthy men. This being the case, it is evident that sideways falls can be very dangerous and thus a natural target for fracture prevention.

Language: en