<unk> s occur in all age groups, although certain patterns follow an age distribution. * In the elderly, because of the weaker cortex, the fracture is more often extra-articular. * Younger individuals tend to require a higher energy force to cause the fracture and tend to have more complex intra-articular fractures. In children with open epiphyses, an equivalent fracture is the "epiphyseal slip", as can be seen in other joints, such as a slipped capital femoral epiphysis in the hip. This is a Salter I or II fracture with the deforming forces directed through the weaker epiphyseal plate. * More common in women because of post-menopausal osteoporosis.
Colles' fracture
Boxer's fracture
Pott's fracture
Malgaigne's fracture
Chauffeur's fracture
Smith's fracture
Bosworth fracture
Bennett's fracture