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Epidemiology of Hip Fractures [PDF]

Epidemiologic Reviews, 1997
Hip fractures are the most serious osteoporotic fracture at both an individual and population level. In the United States alone there are over 250,000 hip fractures each year (1), costing at least 5.4 billion dollars annually (2). About 20 percent of persons who fracture their hip are dead within a year (3, 4) and, of the survivors, many never regain ...
R G, Cumming, M C, Nevitt, S R, Cummings
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The association between graded physical activity in postmenopausal British women, and the prevalence and incidence of hip and wrist fractures.

, 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, Carson, Claire, Ebrahim, Shah, Gregson, Celia L   +3 more
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Direct healthcare costs of hip, vertebral, and non-hip, non-vertebral fractures. [PDF]

, 2009
Limited data exist regarding the cost of non-hip, non-vertebral (NHNV) fractures. Although NHNV fractures may be less expensive than hip and vertebral fractures, they have a higher incidence rate.
Badamgarav, Enkhe, Foley, Kathleen, Lenhart, Gregory, Shi, Nianwen   +3 more
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Intracapsular Hip Fractures Have Poorer Nutritional Status and More Complications Than Trochanteric Fractures: A Retrospective Study of 255 Thai Patients

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2020
Poor nutritional status which is found in many hip fracture patients may be one explanation for their increased morbidity and mortality. A retrospective study was performed to study the nutritional profile in Thai patients with hip fracture who had been ...
Werasak Sutipornpalangkul, Thossart Harnroongroj, Talabporn Harnroongroj   +2 more
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Femoral neck morphology differentiates femoral neck from vertebral osteoporotic fracture

Reumatismo, 2003
Mineral density and bone geometry are the two main biomechanical factors related to bone resistance to stress. Objective: In this study we assess whether differences in the proximal femur geometry (PFG) characterize different types of osteoporotic ...
N. Malavolta, M. Frigato, R. Mulè, C. Ripamonti   +3 more
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Health economics: direct cost of osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt—an analysis for the Egyptian healthcare system by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2023
Mini abstract This work studies the direct cost of hip fractures in Egypt. The direct cost was calculated based on the incidence of hip fracture in Egypt retrieved from the national database.
Yasser El Miedany, Maha El Gaafary, Naglaa Gadallah, Safaa Mahran, Nihal Fathi, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Samar abd Alhamed Tabra, Radwa H. Shalaby, Belal Abdelrafea, Waleed Hassan, Osama Farouk, Mahmoud Nafady, Ahmed Mohamed Farghaly, Shereef Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdelfattah Ali, Karim Mohamed Elmaradny, Sally Eskandar Saber Eskandar, Walaa Elwakil   +17 more
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Patient level pooled analysis of 68,500 patients from seven major vitamin D fracture trials in the US and Europe [PDF]

, 2010
Objectives To identify participants’ characteristics that influence the anti-fracture efficacy of vitamin D or vitamin D plus calcium with respect to any fracture, hip fracture, and clinical vertebral fracture and to assess the influence of dosing ...
Abrahamsen, B, Anderson, F, Avenell, A, Brixen, K, Cooper, C, F, Hutchison, Francis, R M, Jackson, R, Johansen, A, LaCroix, A Z, Masud, T, Meyer, H E, Mosekilde, L, Rejnmark, L, Robbins, J A, Smith, H, The DIPART (vitamin D Individual Patient Analysis of Randomized Trials) Group, Torgerson, D, Wactawski-Wende, J   +18 more
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Reduced Risk of Recurrent Fragility Fractures After a Primary Care–Based Fracture Prevention Intervention: A 20-Year Non-Randomized Controlled Follow-Up Study in Women Aged 70–100

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background In Sweden 70,000 people suffer fragility fractures annually, including 16,000 hip fractures with one-year mortality of up to 25%. Strategies to prevent falls, improve physical function, and enhance bone strength have shown mixed results.Aim To
Moses Sjölander, Lisa Alvunger, Robert Eggertsen, Anna Lindgren, Ulrica Mölstad, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Anna Segernäs, Hans Thulesius, Pär Wanby, Daniel Albertsson   +9 more
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Hip morphology‐based osteoarthritis risk prediction models: development and external validation using individual participant data from the World COACH Consortium

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives This study aims to develop hip morphology‐based radiographic hip osteoarthritis (RHOA) risk prediction models and investigates the added predictive value of hip morphology measurements and the generalizability to different populations. Methods We combined data from nine prospective cohort studies participating in the World COACH consortium ...
Myrthe A. van den Berg, Fleur Boel, Michiel M.A. van Buuren, Noortje S. Riedstra, Jinchi Tang, Harbeer Ahedi, Nigel K. Arden, Sita M.A. Bierma‐Zeinstra, Cindy G. Boer, Flavia M. Cicuttini, Timothy F. Cootes, David T. Felson, Willem Paul Gielis, Joshua Heerey, Graeme Jones, Stefan Kluzek, Nancy E. Lane, Claudia Lindner, Joyce B.J. van Meurs, Andrea Mosler, Amanda E. Nelson, Michael C. Nevitt, Edwin H. Oei, Jos Runhaar, Harrie Weinans, Jesse H. Krijthe, Rintje Agricola   +26 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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