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Help docs! i'm trying to find out what causes compression fractures?
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Mainly falls and in: Association with osteoporosis in majority of cases.
Answered 1/4/2014
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Trauma, osteo: Like any bone, when the force applied to the bone is greater than its strength, it will break. They are more common in patients with osteoporosis because the bone is weaker and will fail earlier. Some people with osteoporosis will have no injury but simply have a fracture doing normal activity.
Answered 5/22/2017
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