General conditioning is maintained by exercising other areas of the body and doing alternative training, such as water running, swimming, or cycling.

Stress fractures refer to fractures occurring in the bone due to a mismatch of bone strength and chronic mechanical stress placed upon the bone. Introduction · Epidemiology · Risk Factors

Nonsurgical treatment options for distal femur fractures include: Skeletal traction. Skeletal traction is a pulley system of weights and counterweights that ...

20 мар. 2024 г. · Six stress fractures (60%) were treated conservatively with protected weight bearing, activity modification, and gradual return to activity.

1 июн. 2021 г. · Treatment is nonoperative with protected weightbearing in young patients with good bone quality. Prophylactic intramedullary nailing is ...

Most of the time, surgery is needed to treat distal femur fractures. It can take two to six months or more for the bone to heal.

Knee immobilizers, hinged knee braces and casts are all used to treat these injuries depending on the fracture type and patient characteristics. If non- ...

A stress fracture of the shaft of the femur is an incomplete fracture crack of the thighbone. Physiotherapy is an excellent treatment for a stress fracture.

5 мая 2023 г. · Treatment for acute trauma-related femoral fractures and displaced femoral stress fractures is performed by an orthopedic surgeon and usually involves surgical ...

Surgical Interventions: Usually require open reduction and internal fixation (especially in cases of displaced or intraarticular fractures). Introduction · Management / Interventions