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Investigación en Discapacidad 2013; 2 (2)

Epidemiologic highlights in adult patients who have fractures at the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación

Díez GMP, Macías HSI, Ramírez PE, Chávez ADD, Soria BMÁ, Granados RR, Ballesteros RF

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 51-54
PDF size: 130.31 Kb.


ABSTRACT

This paper deals with such epidemiologic factors as age, gender, injury mechanism and topographic distribution of fractures in adult patients who had any kind of fracture, treated at our institution. Patients and methods: This is a cross-sectional study of cases older than 17 years who were admitted at our rehabilitation department after being treated of fractures throughout the body skeleton. Results: Universe consisted of 717 patients, aged in average 50.3 years. More frequent fractures were at proximal femur, ankle region and distal radius. Men are prone to undergo a fracture at an earlier age than women as follows: men sustained a fracture between 17 and 49 years (OR 2.9, CI 95%, 1.6-3.8) while women had it as a rule after 50 years (OR 1.6, CI 95%, 1.3-2.7) p ‹ 0.001. More frequent fractures in the elderly were at hip and distal radius, while in younger patients it was at the ankle region. Global more frequent trauma mechanism was almost always a fall. Conclusion: Young men and older women should be focused in prevention of the usual fractures which they are prone to.


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