Effect of BMI on Mobility of Patients with Proximal Femoral Fracture
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Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: This study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI) and proximal femoral fracture (PFF). The results indicate that both low and high BMIs influence on mobility and increase disability of patients with PFF. Copyright © 2013, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal; Licensee KowsarKowsar Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor,
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