Search Results hip fracture
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Timed "Up & Go" Test as a predictor of falls within 6 months after hip fracture surgery.(Research Report)
Hip fracture after falls in elderly people represents...with higher numbers in institutions. (1) Hip fracture after falls has been related to preexisting...3) showed that 12% of patients with a hip fracture had a second hip fracture with a significant...
January 1, 2007; Physical Therapy
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Exercise prescription for a patient 3 months after hip fracture.(research)
Hip fracture is a common medical problem that can...associated with care are high because hip fracture results in longterm disability for most...3) Although the incidence rate for hip fracture has stabilized, the total number of hip...
July 1, 2005; Physical Therapy
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Management of hip fracture: the family physician's role.(Medical condition overview)
The incidence of hip fracture is expected to increase as the population...the first year after sustaining a hip fracture, and those who survive past one year...surgery is the main treatment for hip fracture, family physicians play a key role...
June 15, 2006; American Family Physician
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Disability following hip fracture. (Special Issue: Physical Disability)
...Rehabilitation. When the incidence of hip fracture is examined in light of the high...dramatically, with the average age for hip fracture generally in the eighth decade.[1-3] Estimates of the incidence of hip fracture in persons over 65 years of age...
May 1, 1994; Physical Therapy
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Can elderly patients who have had a hip fracture perform moderate- to high-intensity exercise at home?(Research Report)(Clinical report)
...The majority of patients after a hip fracture do not return to prefracture functional...regimen of physical therapy following hip fracture participated in the study. Subjects...home is feasible for people with hip fracture. Larger sample sizes may be necessary...
August 1, 2005; Physical Therapy
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Minimum Detectable Change in Gait Velocity during Acute Rehabilitation following Hip Fracture
...undergoing surgical fixation of hip fracture. Gait velocity may be used as an...stage of rehabilitation following hip fracture. Methods: The study design was...postsurgical fixation of unilateral hip fracture, participated in the study. The...
May 1, 2008; Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy
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New Clinical Data: Four Weeks of Fondaparinux (Arixtra(R)) Shows Reduction In Symptomatic Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE); Published Report of Penthifra Plus Study in Archives of Internal Medicine Show Extended Fondaparinux (Arixtra(R)) Treatment Reduces Blood Clot Risk by 96 Percent in Patients with Hip Fracture Surgery.
...Sweden, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Hip fracture patients treated for four weeks...to prevent DVT and PE following hip fracture surgery. In the study, extending...thromboembolism (VTE) following hip fracture surgery from 35 percent to 1.4...
June 9, 2003; PR Newswire
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Risk factors for incidence of hip fracture in white women. (adapted from the New England Journal of Medicine, March 23, 1995)(Tips from Other Journals)
...identified several risk factors for hip fracture, including low body weight, cigarette...other potential risk factors for hip fracture in white women. A total of 9,516...65 years of age with no previous hip fracture were included in the study. The...
August 1, 1995; American Family Physician
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Recovery After Hip Fracture: What Can We Learn From the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure?
...performance in elderly people after hip fracture. Correlations were found between...functional status they had before hip fracture. The greatest recovery occurred...function in patients recovering from hip fracture, COPM use with this population...
May 1, 2007; The American Journal of Occupational Therapy
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Rates of nontraumatic hip fracture decrease.(Endocrinology)
PARIS -- Osteoporotic hip fracture rates have been declining in the...hospitalizations for osteoporotic hip fracture remained flat or increased slightly...study. But the fact that national hip fracture hospitalization rates showed their...
August 1, 2008; Internal Medicine News
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