falling onto an outstretched arm

Last reviewed 01/2018

A fall onto an outstretched arm may cause the following injuries:

• fracture of the clavicle
• fracture of the surgical head of the humerus
• supracondylar fracture of the humerus
• fracture of the head and neck of the radius
• Galeazzi fracture dislocation
• Colles' fracture
• radial styloid fracture
• fracture of the scaphoid
• fracture of the triquetral