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Characteristics of fallers who later sustain a hip fracture: a NOREPOS study

SUMMARY: Fall prevention programs have shown inconclusive results concerning hip fracture reduction. We found that fallers with poor health, low societal participation, and use of psychotropics/painkillers had a threefold to fivefold increased hip fracture risk compared to non-fallers without these...

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Autores principales: Søgaard, Anne Johanne, Aga, Ruth, Holvik, Kristin, Meyer, Haakon E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer London 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9568442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35927464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-022-06490-z