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Obese adolescents have higher risk for severe lower extremity fractures after falling

INTRODUCTION: Reports vary on the impact of obesity on the incidence of lower extremity fractures after a fall. We hypothesized that obese adolescents (OA) presenting after a fall have a higher risk of any and severe lower extremity fractures compared to non-OAs. METHODS: A national database was que...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez, Nicolas, Nahmias, Jeffry, Schubl, Sebastian, Swentek, Lourdes, Smith, Brian R., Nguyen, Ninh T., Grigorian, Areg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10356668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37466766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00383-023-05524-9

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