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Effect of in-hospital comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in older people with hip fracture : the protocol of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Hip fractures in older people are associated with high morbidity, mortality, disability and reduction in quality of life. Traditionally people with hip fracture are cared for in orthopaedic departments without additional geriatric ...
Prestmo, Anders, Jorunn L Helbostad, Arild Aamodt, Olav Sletvold, Aamodt, A, Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Saltvedt, Ingvild, Magnussen, Jon, Aamodt, Arild, Johnsen, Roar, Thingstad Pernille, Magnussen Jon, Saltvedt, I, Prestmo, A, Sletvold Olav, Saltvedt Ingvild, Magnussen, J, Roar Johnsen, Helbostad, Jorunn L., Prestmo Anders, Johnsen, R, Johnsen Roar, Anders Prestmo, Aamodt Arild, Helbostad Jorunn L, Sletvold, Olav, Taraldsen, Kristin, Magnussen, Jon, Prof., Thingstad, Pernille, Kristin Taraldsen, Taraldsen, K, Sletvold, O, Lamb, Sarah, Jon Magnussen, Ingvild Saltvedt, Sarah E Lamb, Taraldsen Kristin, Lamb Sarah E, Pernille Thingstad, Helbostad, JL, Thingstad, P, Lamb, SE   +41 more
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The Warwick Hip Trauma Evaluation – an abridged protocol for the WHiTE Study : a multiple embedded randomised controlled trial cohort study [PDF]

, 2012
Fractures of the proximal femur are one of the greatest challenges facing the medical community, constituting a heavy socioeconomic burden worldwide. The National Hip Fracture Audit currently provides a framework for service evaluation.
Griffin, Xavier L., Costa, Matthew L., Costa, ML, Parsons, Nicholas R., Boardman, F, Parsons, N, Griffiths, F, Achten, Juul, Boardman, Felicity K., Griffiths, Frances, Griffin, XL, Achten, J   +11 more
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Bone fractures after menopause [PDF]

, 2010
Every year 30% of individuals above age 65 fall, and falls are the principal cause of bone fractures. To reduce fracture incidence requires both prevention of falls and maintenance of bone strength.PubMed searches were performed, for studies of the ...
Ralston, Stuart H., J. L. Evers, Baird, D. T., A. Volpe, Ralston, S.H., Brandi, M.L., G. Benagiano, Brandi, Maria Luisa, S. H. Ralston, P.G. Crosignani, P. Bouchard, Rizzoli, R., ESHRE Capri Workshop Grp, Barlow, David H., La Vecchia, C., Negri, E., M. L. Brandi, P. G. Crosignani, Rizzoli, Rene, Benagiano, G., S. E. Papapoulos, Evers, J.L.H., D. H. Barlow, J. Collins, C. La Vecchia, Baird, D.T., Negri, Eva, Crosignani, P. G., Papapoulos, Socrates E., Glasier, A., R. Rizzoli, Barlow, D.H., A. Glasier, Vecchia, C. la, Collins, J., D. T. Baird, Volpe, A., Bouchard, P., Crosignani, P.G., Bouchard, Philippe, ?, ?, Papapoulos, S.E., E. Negri, Evers, J. L. H.   +43 more
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Muscle mass measurements in hip fracture patients and control general population depending on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry device used: The General Electric Lunar and Hologic systems

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, 2020
Objectives: The prevalence of sarcopenia, an independent risk factor for fragility fractures, is high in geriatric hip fracture patients. We aim to compare patients with hip fractures to the general population using different dual-energy X-ray ...
Jun-Ku Lee, Seong-Eun Byun, Minki Lee, Gotak Kim, Eugene Baek, Soo-Hong Han   +5 more
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Hip fracture risk assessment: Artificial neural network outperforms conditional logistic regression in an age- and sex-matched case control study [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright @ 2013 Tseng et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution,
Li-Wei Hung, Shieh, J-S, Abbod, MF, Wo-Jan Tseng, Jinn Lin, Hung, L-W, Jiann-Shing Shieh, Maysam F Abbod, Tseng, Wo-Jan, Tseng, W-J, Lin, J   +10 more
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The epidemiology of fractures in England [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction: Fractures are a considerable public health burden in the United Kingdom but information on their epidemiology is limited. Objective: This study aims to estimate the true annual incidence and lifetime prevalence of fractures in England ...
Reckless, IP, Mindell, J.S., Reckless, I.P., Shelton, N.J., Donaldson, LJ, Donaldson, L.J., Scholes, S, Scholes, S., Mindell, JS, Shelton, NJ   +9 more
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Contemporary risk of hip fracture in type 1 and type 2 diabetes:a national registry study from Scotland [PDF]

, 2014
The purpose of this study was to compare contemporary risk of hip fracture in type 1 and type 2 diabetes with the nondiabetic population. Using a national diabetes database, we identified those with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who were aged 20 to 84 years
McKnight, John, Looker, Helen C., Leese, Graham P., Livingstone, Shona J., Wild, Sarah H., Ahmed, S. Faisal, Philip, Sam, Wild, Sarah H.; id_orcid, Hothersall, Eleanor J., Cleland, Steve, Lindsay, Robert S., Cleland, Steve., Pearson, Donald, Colhoun, Helen M.   +13 more
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Prevention of Subsequent Hip Fractures among Geriatric Population with Use of Bisphosphonates.

International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 2022
Background: In the geriatric population, osteoporotic or fragility hip fractures hold a significant health burden and are scrupulously linked with a greater possibility of morbidity and mortality among this population group, even though there is an ...
Syed Kamran Ali Shah, Muhmmad Arsalan Ghazi, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Mustafa, Kazim Rahim Najjad, Asif Peracha   +5 more
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Science of Falling and Injury in Older Adults - Do All Falls Lead to Death?: Literature Review

Physical Therapy Korea, 2021
Understanding sciences behind fall-related hip fractures in older adults is important to develop effective interventions for prevention. The aim of this review is to provide biomechanical understanding and prevention strategies of falls and related hip
Woochol Joseph Choi, Kitaek Lim, Seung-su Kim, Se-young Lee   +3 more
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Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Relationship with Sites of Fragility Fractures in Elderly Chinese Men and Women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Sarcopenia might be associated with bone fragility in elderly individuals. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with fragility fracture sites in elderly Chinese patients.Patients (322 men and 435 women) aged 65-
Wei Hong, Qun Cheng, Xiaoying Zhu, Hanmin Zhu, Huilin Li, Xuemei Zhang, Songbai Zheng, Yanping Du, Wenjing Tang, Sihong Xue, Zhibin Ye   +10 more
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