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MusculoskeletalModerate
Fracture
Orthopedics · Musculoskeletal
Moderate
Severity
Very common — affects people of all ages, with falls and trauma being leading causes worldwide
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Orthopedics
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most fractures result from acute trauma such as falls
- 2motor vehicle accidents
- 3sports injuries
- 4or direct blows to a bone. Stress fractures occur from repetitive mechanical loading over time
- 5while pathological fractures occur in bone weakened by osteoporosis
- 6infection
- 7or tumors even with minor trauma. Risk factors include advancing age
- 8osteoporosis
- 9high-impact activities
- 10and poor bone density from nutritional deficiencies.
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