TY - JOUR PY - 2000// TI - The epidemiology of fractures of the distal femur JO - Injury A1 - Martinet, O. A1 - Cordey, J. A1 - Harder, Y. A1 - Maier, A. A1 - Buhler, Mira A1 - Barraud, G. E. SP - C62 EP - 3 VL - 31 IS - Suppl 3 N2 - Between 1980 and 1989, reports on 2,165 fractures of the distal part of the femur (1,051 women and 1,114 men) were collected by AO Documentation and are analyzed in the present paper. The number of fractures showed a bimodal pattern with a marked variation in the number of fractures in relation to gender and age. A larger prevalence of fractures was observed either in young men (about 20 years old, traffic or sport) and in old women (about 70, fall at home, osteoporosis). LA - SN - 0020-1383 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -