Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 1

From: The Swedish fracture register: 103,000 fractures registered

Fig. 1

Registration of injury occasion. The date, cause, code and type (high-energy or low-energy) of injury are entered in the first panel. The mechanism, location and activity in which the patient was engaged when the injury occurred are chosen by means of drop-down menus that contain submenus for each specific variable, thus creating a V or W code in accordance with International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Pathological, stress and spontaneous fractures are distinguished from traumatic fractures. The amount of energy that went into the injury is estimated on the basis of generally accepted criteria. Subsequent accidents can be added such that data relating to a particular fracture will always be associated with the correct injury and date

Back to article page