TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - A sideways fall and hip fracture
JO  - Bone
A1  - Kannus, Pekka
A1  - Leiponen, Petri
A1  - Parkkari, Jari
A1  - Palvanen, Mika
A1  - Järvinen, Markku
SP  - 383
EP  - 384
VL  - 39
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 8756-3282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2006.01.148
ID  - ref1
ER  -