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Topic: Fractures


Children

- Questions and Answers about Growth Plate Injuries - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Facts about Broken Bones - Nemours Foundation
- Cool Cast Facts - Nemours Foundation
- Broken Bones - Nemours Foundation
- Greenstick Fracture - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- What Are Growth Plate Injuries? - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Clinical Trials

- ClinicalTrials.gov: Fractures - National Institutes of Health

Diagnosis/Symptoms

- What You Should Know about Your Chest X-Ray - Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Radiography (X-Ray): Bone - American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- Bone Scan: Using Nuclear Medicine to Look for Bone - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Directories

- Find an Orthopaedist - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Organizations

- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeleta -
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons -

Overviews

- JAMA Patient Page: Bone Fractures - American Medical Association
- Fractures - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Prevention/Screening

- Once Is Enough: A Guide to Preventing Future Fract - Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center

Rehabilitation/Recovery

- Physical Fields - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Related Issues

- Fractures (Broken Bones) - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Avulsion Fractures - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Falls and Related Fractures - Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center
- Stress Fractures - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Stress Fractures - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Broken Ribs - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Research

- Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors at Increase - American Medical Association
- Older Patients with Fractures Underuse Osteoporosi - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Homocysteine Level Predictive of Fracture Risk in - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Breast Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk for Bone - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Association between Osteoporosis Screening and Hip - American College of Physicians

Seniors

- Americans over 50 at Risk for Bone Fractures - Food and Drug Administration
- Preventing Falls and Fractures - National Institute on Aging

Treatment

- Internal Fixation for Fractures - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Care of Casts and Splints - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- What Can You Tell Me about Bone and Tissue Transpl - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Women

- First Fracture May Be Warning Sign - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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