Walking aid use after discharge following hip fracture is rarely reviewed and often inappropriate: an observational study
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Walking aid use after discharge following hip fracture is rarely reviewed and often inappropriate: an observational study.
QUESTIONS What walking aid prescription occurs at discharge after hip fracture? What changes in walking aid use occur in the following six months? Who initiates changes in walking aids and why? DESIGN Prospective longitudinal observational study. PARTICIPANTS 95 community-dwelling older adults who had undergone surgical treatment of a hip fracture. OUTCOME MEASURES Range of walking aids p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1836-9553
DOI: 10.1016/s1836-9553(10)70010-2