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MODULE-4 Athletic Injuries, First aid and Safety
Physical Education
and Sports Sciences ii. Oblique Fracture: A fracture in which the line of break runs in oblique
direction to long axis confined to one plane. It is a slanted fracture of
the shaft along the bone’s long axis.
iii. Spiral Fracture: Occur when one end of an extremity is fixed (e.g., a
foot is planted on the floor) but the rest of the extremity remains in
motion.
iv. Comminute Fracture: A fracture in which the bone has broken or
Note fragmented into several pieces. It happens mostly due to crush.

v. Impact Fracture: An impacted fracture is one whose ends are driven
into each other. This is commonly seen in arm fractures in children
and is sometimes known as a buckle fracture

vi. Green Stick Fracture: An incomplete fracture in which the bone is
bent, it occurs most often in children in which the bone bends and
partially breaks

b. Open Fracture: An open fracture is one in which the bone breaks through
the skin.
i. Compound Fracture:is an injury that occurs when there is a break in
the skin around a broken bone. In order for an injury to be classified
as a compound fracture, the outside air (and dirt and bacteria) must be
able to get to the fracture site without a barrier of skin or soft-tissue.
Therefore, a bone does not need to be through the skin in order for the
injury to be called a compound fracture.

Types of Fractures
Simple Compound Greenstick Comminuted Impacted

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