Ulnar bone fracture risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2] ;
Overview
There are different risk factors that presidpose patient for the ulnar fracture and each of the below mentioned risk factors may cause different type of fracture.
Ulnar Fracture Risk Factors
There are different risk factors that presidpose patient for the ulnar fracture that include:[1][2][3]:
- High-risk contact sports
- Higher age (elderly adults are higher prone to such fractures)
- Osteoporosis
- Direct trauma
- Road / traffic accidents
- Falling
- Gunshot wounds
- Domestic violence
- Falling on an outstretched hand with the forearm pronated
- Glucocorticoid use
- Anabolic steroid use
- Cushing syndrome
- Paget disease of the bone
References
- ↑ Tan SH, Saseendar S, Tan BH, Pawaskar A, Kumar VP (February 2015). "Ulnar fractures with bisphosphonate therapy: a systematic review of published case reports". Osteoporos Int. 26 (2): 421–9. doi:10.1007/s00198-014-2885-0. PMID 25227921.
- ↑ Little KJ (July 2014). "Elbow fractures and dislocations". Orthop. Clin. North Am. 45 (3): 327–40. doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2014.03.004. PMID 24975761.
- ↑ Bégué T (February 2014). "Articular fractures of the distal humerus". Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 100 (1 Suppl): S55–63. doi:10.1016/j.otsr.2013.11.002. PMID 24461911.