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Does a hip protector reduce the risk of hip fracture in frail elderly patients?

Journal of Family Practice

| March 01, 2001 | Markova, Tsveti; Schwartz, Kendra | COPYRIGHT 2003 Dowden Health Media, Inc. 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

Kannus P, Parkkari J, Niemi S, et al. Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector. N Engl J Med 2000; 343:1506-13.

* BACKGROUND Various interventions to prevent hip fractures have been tested with mediocre success. Most have treated underlying risk factors, such as osteoporosis and fall propensity. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an external hip protector to prevent hip fractures.

* POPULATION STUDIED The trial involved 1801 ambulatory but frail elderly adults (1409 women and 392 men, mean age=82 years) from 22 community-based health care centers in Finland. All patients were aged at least 70 years, were ambulatory…

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