The number and incidence of minor trauma knee fractures are increasing in elderly women but not in elderly men

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Kannus, P ^a   Parkkari, J ^a   Niemi, S ^a   Pasanen, M ^a   Jarvinen M ^b   Vuori, I ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Epidemiology; Knee fractures; Nationwide statistics; Osteoporosis; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030895565     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623691     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Cummings SR, Kelsey JL, Nevitt MC, O'Dowd KJ. Epidemiology of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Epidemiol Rev 1985;7:178-208.
2. Riggs BL, Melton LJ III. Involutional osteoporosis. N Engl J Med 1986;314:1676-86.
3. Riggs BL, Melton LJ III. The prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. N Engl J Med 1992;327:620-7.
4. Melton LJ III. Epidemiology of fractures. In: Riggs BL, Melton LJ III. editors. Osteoporosis: etiology, diagnosis and management. New York: Raven Press, 1988;133-54.
5. Melton LJ III. Hip fractures: a worldwide problem today and tomorrow. Bone 1993;14:S1-8.
6. Cooper C. Osteoporosis - an epidemiological perspective: a review. J R Soc Med 1989;82:753-7.
7. Law MR, Wald NJ, Meade TW. Strategies for prevention of osteoporosis and hip fractures. BMJ 1991;303:453-9.
8. Dempster DW, Lindsay R Pathogenesis of osteoporosis. Lancet 1993;341:787-801.
9. Jones G, Nguyen T, Sambrook PN, Kelly PJ, Gilbert C, Eisman JA. Symptomatic fracture incidence in elderly men and women: the Dubbo osteoporosis epidemiologic study (DOES). Osteoporos Int 1994;4:277-82.
10. Melton LJ, Sampson J, Morrey B, Ilstrup DM. Epidemiologica features of pelvic fractures. Clin Orthop 1981;155:43-7.
11. Rose SH, Melton LJ, Morrey BF, Ilstrup DM, Riggs BL. Epidemiologic features of humeral fractures. Clin Orthop 1982;24-30.
12. Daily PJ, Fitzgerland R, Melton LJ, Ilstrup DM. Epidemiology of ankle fractures in Rochester, Minnesota. Acta Orthop Scand 1987;58:539-44.
13. Obrant KJ, Bengner U, Johnell O, Nilsson BE, Sernbo I. Increasing age-adjusted risk of fragility fractures: a sign of increasing osteoporosis in successive generations? Calcif Tissue Int 1989;44:157-67.
14. Lauritzen JB, Schwarz P, Lund B, McNair P, Transpol I. Changing incidence and residual lifetime risk of common osteoporosis-related fractures. Osteoporos Int 1993;3:127-32.
15. Bengner U, Johnell O, Redlund-Johnell I. Increasing incidence of tibia condyle and patella fractures. Acta Orthop Scand 1986;57:334-6.
16. Kannus P, Palvanen M, Niemi S, Parkkari J, Järvinen M, Vuori I. Increasing number and incidence of osteoporotic fractures of the proximal humerus in elderly people. BMJ 1996;313:1051-2.
17. Parkkari J, Kannus P, Niemi S, Pasanen M, Järvinen M, Lüthje P, Vuori I. Secular trends in osteoporotic pelvic fractures in Finland. Calcif Tissue Int 1996;59:79-83.
18. Keskimäki I, Aro S. Accuracy of data on diagnosis, procedures and accidents in the Finnish hospital discharge register. Int J Health Sci 1991;2:15-21.
19. Lüthje P, Nurmi I, Kataja M, Heliövaara M, Santavirta S. Incidence of pelvic fractures in Finland in 1988. Acta Orthop Scand 1995;66:245-8.
20. Salmela R, Koistinen V. Yleissairaaloiden poistoilmoitusrekisterien kattavuus ja luotettavuus (in Finnish). Sairaala 1987;49:480-2.
21. Official Statistics of Finland. Structure of population and vital statistics: whole country and provinces. Helsinki: State Presscenter, 1970-1994.
22. Official Statistics of Finland. Population projections 1993-2030. Helsinki: State Presscenter, 1993.
23. Kannus P, Parkkari J, Niemi S. Age-adjusted incidence of hip fractures. Lancet 1995;346:50-1.
24. Parkkari J, Kannus P, Niemi S, et al. Increasing age-adjusted incidence of hip fractures in Finland 1970-1991. Calcif Tissue Int 1994;55:342-5.
25. Thorngren K-G. Fractures in older persons. Disabil Rehabil 1994;16:119-26.