title: Colles' fracture.
abstract: Many people "slip and fall", especially in the icy areas of the winter season. To prevent an injury to the head, most people put their hand out to hit the ground first, so the wrist usually gets injured. The most frequent injury from this type of "intervention" is a fracture to the distal radius and/or ulna, which is frequently called a "Colles' fracture."
authors.affiliation: Armed Forces Medical Examiner's Office, USA.
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Altizer
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications