The epidemiology of low- and high-energy distal radius fracture in middle-aged and elderly men and women in Southern Norway.

BACKGROUND: Distal radius is one of the most frequent sites for fractures in the elderly population. Despite this, there is a paucity of epidemiological data for distal radius fracture, in particular, distinguishing between high- and low-energy fractures. Our aim was to study the epidemiology of hig...

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Main Authors: Andreas P Diamantopoulos, Gudrun Rohde, Irene Johnsrud, Inger M Skoie, Marc Hochberg, Glenn Haugeberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3427334?pdf=render