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Review: Hip protectors reduce hip fractures after falls in elderly people living in institutions or supported home environments. (Treatment).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

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| January 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 British Medical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Parker MJ, Gillespie LD, Gillespie WJ. Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in the elderly. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2001;(2)CD001255 (latest version 1 Mar 2001).

QUESTION: Do external hip pads or protectors reduce hip fractures after falls in elderly people?

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Studies were identified by searching the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Injuries Group specialised register (December 2000), the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (Issue 4, 2000), Medline (1966-2000), EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica (1988-2000), CINAHL (1982-2000); reviewing bibliographies of retrieved articles; and contacting authors of identified trials.

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Randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials that compared use of hip protectors with no protectors in elderly people living in the community or in institutional care. Outcomes of interest were incidence…

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