FRACTURE IN THE ARM

FRACTURE IN THE ARM

1. ANATOMY

   • Muscles
     • Anterior
       • Biceps
       • Brachialis
       • Coracobrachialis
     • Posterior
       • Triceps
   • Arteries
     • Brachial
       • Profunda brachii
       • Nutrient
       • Skeletal
       • Inferior and superior collaterals
   • Nerves
     • Musculoskeletal
     • Median
     • Radial
     • Ulnar

2. RISK FACTORS

   • Repetitive motion
   • Awkward position
   • Lack of recovery time
   • Forceful movement
   • Contact stress

3. PAIN

   • Reasons
     • Noniceptive
     • Pathological
     • Inflammatory
   • Types
     • Chronic
     • Acute
   • An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.

4. INJURIES

   • Direct
   • Indirect
   • Nerve injury

5. FRACTURES

   • Break in the continuity of the bone
   • Types
     • Etiologically
       • Trauma
       • Pathological
       • Stress
     • Displacement
       • Displaced
       • Undisplaced
     • Pattern
       • Transverse
       • Spiral
       • Oblique
       • Comminuted
       • Segmented
       • Compression
       • Greenstick
     • Relationship with environment
       • Open
       • Closed
   • Mechanisms
     • Trauma
     • Repetitive stress
     • Abnormal weakening of bones