Citation

Oberländer W. Z. Orthop. Ihre Grenzgeb. 1975; 113(1): 46-51.

Vernacular Title

"Spontanfraktur" des Femur nach Lasion des Tractus iliotibialis

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1154839

Abstract

Gravity apart, muscles act on the skeleton in balancing the usually excentric weight. This raises the load of the skeletal element but reduces the flexion strain. Loss of the traction-effect of a muscle or its aponeurosis produces overloading of the bone involved and may lead to fracture. This theortetical concept is supported by a clinical case of fracture of the femur which occurred a long time after the iliotibial tract had been eliminated.

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