Portable ultrasound devices could provide an alternative to x-ray machines for diagnosing forearm fractures in children in a move that could alleviate waiting times for families in hospital ...

Children love to run, hop, skip, jump and tumble. But if they fall onto an outstretched arm, they could break one or both of the bones in the lower arm. Forearm fractures account for 40 to 50 ...

To avoid forearm fractures, Dr. Kevin Smith of Texas Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Tomball recommends children take a daily multivitamin high in calcium and vitamin D, and indulge in safe ...

Dear Doctors: Our 9-year-old daughter fell off her skateboard and hurt her arm. It seemed like just a bad sprain, but after getting an X-ray, she was diagnosed with a greenstick fracture.

Fractures of the lower part of the humerus (upper arm bone) account for about 60 percent of all elbow fractures in children, also the result of a fall onto an outstretched arm.

Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin studied 336 children, ages 4 to 18, with arm fractures, half of whom were prescribed ibuprofen upon their discharge from the emergency department ...

The two wires should cross proximal to the olecranon fossa. [7] A 0.062mm wire should be used in children less than 4 years old, and a 5/64in wire should be used for children older than 4 years.

Pregler, an associate professor of medicine at UCLA, says the increase in fractures points to a decline in children's calcium intake, which could lead to serious bone diseases in the future.