Can distal radius or vertebra fractures due to low-energy trauma be a harbinger of a hip fracture?

Bozkurt H. H., Atik O. S., Tokgoz M. A.

EKLEM HASTALIKLARI VE CERRAHISI-JOINT DISEASES AND RELATED SURGERY, vol.29, no.2, pp.100-103, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5606/ehc.2018.004
  • Journal Name: EKLEM HASTALIKLARI VE CERRAHISI-JOINT DISEASES AND RELATED SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.100-103
  • Keywords: Awareness, osteoporosis, osteoporotic fracture, OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES, SUBSEQUENT FRACTURE, RISK, WOMEN, AWARENESS
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to investigate whether or not low-energy distal radius or vertebra fractures are harbingers of hip fracture.