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When, where and how osteoporosis-associated fractures occur: an analysis from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
ObjectiveTo examine when, where and how fractures occur in postmenopausal women.MethodsWe analyzed data from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW), including women aged ≥55 years from the United States of America, Canada ...
Aline G Costa, Allison Wyman, Ethel S Siris, Nelson B Watts, Stuart Silverman, Kenneth G Saag, Christian Roux, Maurizio Rossini, Johannes Pfeilschifter, Jeri W Nieves, J Coen Netelenbos, Lyn March, Andrea Z LaCroix, Frederick H Hooven, Susan L Greenspan, Stephen H Gehlbach, Adolfo Díez-Pérez, Cyrus Cooper, Juliet E Compston, Roland D Chapurlat, Steven Boonen, Frederick A Anderson, Jonathan D Adachi, Silvano Adami   +23 more
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Risk Factors for Recurrent Hip Fractures Following Surgical Treatment of Primary Osteoporotic Hip Fractures in Chinese Older Adults [PDF]

Diseases
Objectives: Hip fractures associated with osteoporosis are indicative of high rates of both disability and mortality. The objective of this study was to analyze the risk factors for recurrent hip fractures following primary osteoporotic hip fracture ...
Yuzhu Wang, Wenhui Shen, Jiayi Jiang, Lin Wang, Qing Xia, Yunchao Shao, Lu Cao   +6 more
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The interplay between stroke and hip fractures: a narrative review of mechanisms, risk assessment, and prevention [PDF]

Frontiers in Aging
Stroke survivors face a substantially increased risk of hip fractures due to a combination of motor impairments, falls, and stroke-induced bone density loss.
Zuzhou Wen, Yun Ye, Yun Ye, Junzhao Qiao, Hongqiang Chen   +4 more
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Comparison of Fracture Identification Using Different Definitions in Healthcare Administrative (Claims) Data

Pharmacy, 2023
We identified inconsistency in fracture definitions in a prior review of studies that utilized claims data. Here, we aimed to compare fracture rates estimated using thirteen hip and seven radius/ulna fracture definitions.
Natalia Konstantelos, Andrea M. Burden, Angela M. Cheung, Sandra Kim, Paul Grootendorst, Suzanne M. Cadarette   +5 more
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Good validity in the Norwegian Knee Ligament Register: assessment of data quality for key variables in primary and revision cruciate ligament reconstructions from 2004 to 2013

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background The Norwegian Knee Ligament Register was founded in 2004 to provide representative and reliable data on cruciate ligament surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of key variables in the Norwegian Knee Ligament Register to ...
Espen Midttun, Morten Torheim Andersen, Lars Engebretsen, Håvard Visnes, Anne Marie Fenstad, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Andreas Persson   +6 more
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Mean Tip Apex Distance in Patients undergoing Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation for Pertrochanteric Fractures without using Traction Table: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Dynamic Hip Screw fixation has shown to be equally effective compared to cephalomedullary nailing. The effectiveness of dynamic hip screw fixation for pertrochanteric fractures without using traction table is not well investigated.
Subhash Regmi, Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary, Ishor Pradhan, Bibek Banskota, Amit Joshi   +4 more
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Literature review and case report: Current concepts for concomitant intra and extracapsular fractures of neck of femur in elderly patients

Trauma Case Reports, 2017
Though the incidence of concomitant ipsilateral intracapsular and extracapsular fracture neck of femur is still a rare presentation in day to day fracture hip admissions. Cases of simultaneous ipsilateral intra- and extra-capsular neck of femur fractures
H Saleeb, R Kanvinde, T Rahman
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Comorbidities only account for a small proportion of excess mortality after fracture: A record linkage study of individual fracture types [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Non-hip non-vertebral fractures (NHNV) constitute the majority of osteoporotic fractures but few studies have examined the association between these fractures, co-morbidity and mortality.
Bliuc, Dana, Blyth, Fiona, Center, Jacqueline, Eisman, John A, March, Lynette, Nguyen, Tuan, Simpson, Judy, Tran, Thach, Weiwen, Chen   +8 more
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The incidence and factors of hip fractures and subsequent morbidity in Taiwan: An 11-year population-based cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Hip fractures are a major problem to elder population, but subsequent morbidity is unclear about environmental factors and socioeconomic conditions.
Kai-Biao Lin, Nan-Ping Yang, Yi-Hui Lee, Chien-Lung Chan, Chi-Hsu Wu, Hou-Chuan Chen, Nien-Tzu Chang   +6 more
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ChASTOTA PERELOMOV BEDRA I PREDPLECh'Ya I ZATRATY NA IKh LEChENIE V MOSKOVSKOY OBLASTI

Остеопороз и остеопатии, 2005
The aim of the study was to assess incidence of hip and distal forearm fractures and quality of the early medical aid and direct financial expenses for treatment those fractures in Moscow Region in the period of 1998-2002.
A V DREVAL', L A MARChENKOVA, I V KRYuKOVA   +2 more
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