1. Evaluation & Assessment
Types of Fractures

2. Bell Work Has anyone or know someone who has fractured a bone?
Which bone?
How was it protected?
How long was it splinted or casted?
What happened as a result of the fracture?
Atrophy?
Decreased ROM?
What type of bone did they fracture?
What are the 5 types of bones?
Long bones
Short bones
Irregular bones
Sesmoid bones
Flat bones

3. Objectives By the end of this lesson
Define Terms relating to fractures
Identify types of fractures
List signs and symptoms of a fracture
Explain the impact of fractures on the body

4. Can we identify terms we already know?
Fracture
Avulsion Fracture
Blowout Fracture
Comminuted Fracture
Contrecoup Fracture
Depression Fracture
Epiphyseal Fracture
Greenstick Fracture
Terminology
Can we identify terms we already know?
Impacted Fracture
Longitudinal Fracture
Oblique Fracture
Serrated Fracture
Spiral Fracture
Stress Fracture
Transverse Fracture

5. Fracture An injury to a bone where the tissue of the bone is broken
A partial or complete break may occur.
There are many TYPES of fractures.

6. Avulsion Fracture
A muscle, tendon or ligament pulls of a piece of bone
This x-ray shows a calcaneus avulsion fracture.

7. Blowout Fracture
An injury to the orbital floor of the eye caused by an impact to the area
How could an athlete sustain a blowout fracture?

8. Comminuted Fracture
A fracture consisting of 3 or more displaced bone fragments
Caused by an impact or blow in an awkward position

9. Contrecoup Fracture
A fracture which occurs on the opposite side of where the blow was sustained.

10. Depressed Fracture
An injury to a flat bone caused by falling and hitting an immovable surface or being hit with an object

11. Epiphyseal Fracture
An injury which occurs at the growth plate of a bone and may result in stunted growth in young athletes.

12. Greenstick Fracture
An incomplete break in soft bone, similar to a green twig bending but not breaking.
What bone is effected in this x-ray?

13. Impacted Fracture
An injury sustained when a long bone receives a compressive force along it’s long axis, usually as a result of a fall from considerable height

14. Longitudinal Fracture
An injury in which a bone is split along its length, usually the result of jumping from a height and landing so force is transmitted along the axis of the bone.

15. Oblique Fracture
An injury that occurs down the length and across the width of the bone, usually occurs when one end is stabilized and the opposite end is twisted.

16. Serrated Fracture
An injury where the two ends of the bone have sharp jagged edges or a saw tooth appearance

17. Spiral Fracture
An injury which wraps along the length of the bone; usually occurs when one end of the bone is stabilized and the other end is rotated in the opposite direction.

18. Stress Fracture
A non-displaced bone injury which results from repetitive stress through continual impact to a bone.

19. Transverse Fracture
An injury caused by a direct blow and occurs in a straight line, at a 90 degree angle to the bone shaft

20. Types of Fractures