منابع مشابه
Preventing fractures with hip protectors.
Hip protectors are an effective strategy for reducing fall-related hip fractures in long-term care settings. The success of a hip protector program is enhanced by educational activities and administrative support, and a nurse champion to assume responsibility for the hip protector program.
متن کاملHip protectors for preventing hip fractures in older people.
BACKGROUND Older people living in nursing care facilities or older adults living at home are at high risk of falling and a hip fracture may occur after a fall. Hip protectors have been advocated as a means to reduce the risk of hip fracture. Hip protectors are plastic shields (hard) or foam pads (soft), usually fitted in pockets in specially designed underwear.This is an update of a Cochrane re...
متن کاملPrevention of hip fracture with hip protectors.
The prevention of fractures amongst older people consists of (i) prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, (ii) prevention of falling and (iii) prevention of fractures using injury-site protection. As the great majority of hip fractures are caused by a sideways fall with direct impact on the greater trochanter of the proximal femur, one approach to prevention is the use of an adequately configu...
متن کاملhip protectors and their role in hip fracture prevention
hip protectors and their role in hip fracture prevention hemmati maslak pak m [1] , ganaei r [2] received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011 abstract background & aims: hip fractures in the elderly are the most common orthopedic injury and puts high financial stress the family and society. mortality in hip fracture is 20 percent compared with deaths from other orthopedic problems. th...
متن کاملPrevention of hip fractures by external hip protectors: a randomized controlled trial.
CONTEXT Several randomized controlled trials have been performed to examine the effectiveness of external hip protectors in reducing the incidence of hip fractures, but the results are controversial. OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of hip protectors in reducing the incidence of hip fractures in an elderly high-risk population. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Randomized controlled t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.6.758