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What are the most common causes of a broken forearm or hand?
Researchers looked at records from emergency rooms across the United States to answer this question. Among 352 hand and forearm fractures, accidental falls were the most common cause of injury by far (47 percent). Fifteen percent of the injuries came from being hit by a person or object, such as in sports. Seven percent came from motor vehicle accidents. A small number of injuries came from getting a hand stuck between objects, or from tools and machinery.
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