@article{ref1,
title=""Spontaneous" fracture of femur following damage to the iliotibial tract",
journal="Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete",
year="1975",
author="Oberländer, W.",
volume="113",
number="1",
pages="46-51",
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.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0044-3220",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}