Child bone fracture

A child bone fracture or a pediatric fracture is a medical condition in which a bone of a child (a person younger than the age of 18) is cracked or broken.[1] About 15% of all injuries in children are fracture injuries.[2] Bone fractures in children are different from adult bone fractures because a child's bones are still growing. Also, more consideration needs to be taken when a child fractures a bone since it will affect the child in his or her growth.[3]

On an everyday basis bones will support many kinds of forces naturally applied to them, but when the forces are too strong the bones will break. For example, when an adolescent jumps off of a trampoline and lands on his/her feet the bones and connective tissue in the adolescent's feet will usually absorb the force, flex, then return to their original shape. However, if the adolescent lands and the force is too strong, the bones and the connective tissue will not be able to support the force and will fracture.[4]

  1. ^ Berteau JP, Gineyts E, Pithioux M, Baron C, Boivin G, Lasaygues P, Chabrand P, Follet H (2015). "Ratio between mature and immature enzymatic cross-links correlates with post-yield cortical bone behavior: An insight into greenstick fractures of the child fibula" (PDF). Bone. 79: 190–5. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2015.05.045. PMID 26079997.
  2. ^ Staheli, Lynn, Fundamentals of Pediatric Orthopedics p. 119.
  3. ^ Broken Bones in Children Information about fractures in young patients By Jonathan Cluett, M.D., About.com Updated: August 29, 2005 Retrieved Sep. 2008 <http://orthopedics.about.com/od/fracturesinchildren/Information_About_Fractures_In_Children.htm Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine>
  4. ^ What Is a Bone Fracture and How Is it Treated? www.kidsgrowth.com. Oct. 24, 2008. Retrieved Oct. 2008 < http://www.kidsgrowth.com/resources/articledetail.cfm?id=1504 Archived 2018-02-02 at the Wayback Machine>
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