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, 2010 BACKGROUND: physical activity is promoted for older women as a means of maintaining health and avoiding falls and fractures. Findings relating physical activity of older women to risk of falls and fracture are contradictory. The association between level
Amuzu, Antoinette +3 more
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Hip fracture rates and bisphosphonate consumption in Spain. An ecologic study [PDF]
, 2013 Producción CientíficaIntroduction Bisphosphonates are used worldwide to treat osteoporosis and, thus, to prevent fractures. Though they have been proven in clinical trials to avoid some fractures, their effectiveness in reducing hip fractures is ...
Carvajal García-Pando, Alfonso +8 more
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Orthogeriatrics in Hip Fracture [PDF]
The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2017 Orthogeriatrics is a system of care for complex elderly patients who have suffered fragility fractures. This has resulted in demonstrable improvements in care for patients with hip fracture. The article includes a review of the early history of orthogeriatrics as well as current concepts in orthogeriatric care including the use of national databases ...
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Intracapsular Fractures of the Hip [PDF]
Orthopedic Trauma Directions, 1994 The author reviews aspects of anatomy and physiology, especially vascularization and pathophysiology, as well as mechanisms of injury that influence the treatment decision for intracapsular fractures of the hip. A number of other factors that may influence surgeons’ choice between treatments are discussed, such as age, displacement, limited life ...
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Hip fracture in young and old subjects : aspects on risk factors and outcome [PDF]
, 2011 Hip fractures, the most serious osteoporosis-related fractures, mainly affect older people. The functional outcome for many hip fracture patients remains to be improved. Hip fractures in young patients are uncommon, but lifelong disability may prevail.
Al-Ani, Amer
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Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2022 Aim Hip fracture is one of the most common fall‐related injuries in the elderly population. Although falls may cause multiple types of injuries, no study has investigated the details of fall‐related injuries accompanied by hip fractures. This study aimed
Ryo Ishizawa +5 more
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JMIR Aging, 2022 BackgroundHip fracture in older adults is tied to increased mortality risk. Deconvolution of the mortality risk specific to hip fracture from that of various other fracture types has not been performed in recent hip fracture ...
Andrea Dimet-Wiley +2 more
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An Inpatient Rehabilitation Interprofessional Care Pathway for Traumatic Hip Fracture: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Each year over 300,000 older adults are hospitalized for hip fracture. The impact of the cost of hip fracture on the US health care system is estimated to be as high as $9 billion, with the typical cost of a hip fracture episode around $30 ...
Plante, Sarah
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JBJS Open AccessBackground:. There is no consensus of whether to use a short or long intramedullary nail (IMN) in the treatment of trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures. Methods:.
Peter Sverre Frønsdal +3 more
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Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, 2020 Objectives: Hip fragility fractures were regarded as one of the most severe, but recent papers report on the underestimated burden of vertebral compression fractures.
Maroun Rizkallah +6 more
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