A critical review of the long-term disability outcomes following hip fracture.
Dyer SM, Crotty M, Fairhall N, Magaziner J, Beaupre LA, Cameron ID, Sherrington C; Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Rehabilitation Research Special Interest Group.
Dyer SM, et al.
BMC Geriatr. 2016 Sep 2;16(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0332-0.
BMC Geriatr. 2016.
PMID: 27590604
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Review.
Hip fracture survivors experienced significantly worse mobility, independence in function, health, quality of life and higher rates of institutionalisation than age matched controls. The bulk of recovery of walking ability and activities for daily living occurred wi …
Hip fracture survivors experienced significantly worse mobility, independence in function, health, quality of life and higher rates o …