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Fractures
Ans: A break or crack in the bone
Closed Fracture
Ans: Broken ends of the bone to NOT break the skin
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Open Fracture
Ans: Broken ends of the bone ARE broken through the skin
swelling, deformity, pain/tenderness, loss of use, crepitation
Ans: Signs & Symptoms of Fractures
Crepitation
Ans: A crunchy grating sensation
infection
Ans: What does an open Fracture have a greater risk of?
Greenstick; Transverse; Oblique; Comminuted; Impacted
Ans: major types of fractures
Greenstick Fracture
Ans: A bone is fractured on one side and still connected on the other
Transverse Fracture
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Ans: A bone is fractured so that the broken ends are straight across and
relatively clean
Oblique Fracture
Ans: A bone is fractured so that the broken ends are on a diagonal and
have sharp, pointed ends
Comminuted Fracture
Ans: A bone is fractured so that there are 2 or more fragments of displaced
bone
Impacted Fracture
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Ans: A bone is fractured so that there are fracture lines through the bone,
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but the pieces have not displaced
Stress Fracture
Ans: Crack or break in a bone related to excessive, repeated overloads
pain/tenderness, absence of trauma, repetitive activity, duration
Ans: What are signs & symptoms of a stress fracture?
poorly conditioned athletes, overweight athletes, athletes with low calcium
diets (particularly females)
Ans: Who is at greatest risk for stress fractures?
sudden increases in intensity of workouts
Ans: What usually causes well conditioned athletes to get stress fractures?
Callus
Ans: the healing that occurs in the crack of a bone
xray