Fragility Fracture of Proximal Femur in a Paraplegic Patient during Passive Joint Movements

INTRODUCTION: In paraplegic patients, chances of fragility fractures increase in view of disuse osteopenia. Theoretically, if a non-optimal force or torque is applied during passive manipulation or physiotherapy, fractures can occur in such patients. We present such a curious case of a pathological...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Prasoon, Aggarwal, Sameer, Agarwal, Saurabh, Jindal, Karan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534928
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1354

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534928
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1354

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