Background: Stress fractures of the second metatarsal are common injuries in athletes and military recruits. There are two distinct areas in the second metatarsal where stress fractures develop: one ...

A Miami man is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after authorities said his 4-month-old son was brought to a local hospital with serious injuries after being in his care.

In an eight year period, 31 patients with proximal femoral fractures resulting from sports accidents were treated by implantation of either a Gamma nail or a dynamic hip screw. Return to work or ...

Wrist fractures, involving the distal radius, are the most common fractures in children. Most are buckle fractures, which are stable fractures, unlike greenstick and other usually displaced fractures.

The 1-DoF finger exoskeleton provides kinesthetic force to the proximal and distal interphalangeal finger articulations using one servo motor grounded on the proximal phalanx. This paper presents the ...

Femoral neck region is the weakest in which the fracture takes place when someone falls sideways. The sideways fall develops peak tensile and compressive stresses in the inferior and superior surfaces ...

Wrist fractures are the most common bone injury in children. Most are buckle (or torus) fractures, where the bone surface bulges out. These minor fractures heal well. They are often treated with a ...

This was an epidemiological study on fractures of the proximal third of the femur in elderly patients who were treated at a teaching hospital in the central region of São Paulo. METHODS: The subjects ...

Objective: To analyze the epidemiological aspects of proximal humerus fractures and describe the profile of patients with proximal humerus fractures hospitalized and treated at Hospital São Paulo, ...

Similar to Chongmingia and Sapeornis (15, 16), the proximal phalanx of the major digit is longer than the intermediated one, contrasting with Archaeopteryx and Jeholornis (13, 23). The minor digit is ...