Prevention of hip fractures in older adults residing in long-term care facilities with a hip airbag: a retrospective pilot study

BACKGROUND: Hip and pelvic fractures do commonly occur among older adults. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect of introduction of the WOLK hip airbag on the incidence of hip fractures. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed among 969 participants residing within 11 long-term care fac...

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Autores principales: Nemeth, Banne, van der Kaaij, Marleen, Nelissen, Rob, van Wijnen, Jan-Kees, Drost, Katja, Blauw, Gerard Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9245388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35773627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03221-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9245388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35773627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03221-1

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