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Article ID	#19350
Title	Hip fracture presenting as mechanical low back pain subsequent to a fall: a case study [case report]
URL	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1840003/
Journal	J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2006 Dec;50(4):255-262
Author(s)	Gleberzon BJ Hyde D
Subject(s)	Accidental Falls Hip Fractures Low Back Pain / diagnosis
Peer Review	Yes
Publication Type	Case Report
Abstract/Notes	This case chronicles the assessment and clinical management of a 54 year old female patient who presented with post traumatic lower back, hip and lower extremity pain, initially attributed to mechanical low back pain but ultimately diagnosed as a hip fracture. This case study illustrates a number of important issues germane to chiropractic care. These are; the importance of using different assessment procedures, combined with clinical experience, in order to differentiate between those patients with clinical conditions that are amenable to conservative care from those that are not; the usefulness of a tuning fork test as a clinical tool in differentiating between hip fracture and mechanical spinal pain syndromes and; the impact of falls and fractures among older Canadian patients. This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher. Click on the above link for full text.

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