Hip fractures occur as a result of major or minor trauma. In
elderly patients with bones weakened by osteoporosis, relatively
little trauma, even walking, may result in a hip fracture.
Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
