What it is
A fracture of the vertebral body, commonly after trauma or in weakened bone such as osteoporosis. It requires medical assessment and should not be treated as routine low-back pain.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Sudden severe back pain, sometimes after a fall or minor load
- Pain worse when standing or moving
- Local tenderness over the vertebra
- Progressive height loss or increasing kyphosis with multiple fractures
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Scientific literature
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Evaluation and management of vertebral compression fractures.
Literature review · 2012
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When is prompt medical assessment needed?
Major trauma, progressive weakness, loss of sensation, new bladder or bowel control changes, fever or rapid deterioration require medical guidance.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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