Effect on hip fractures of increased use of hip protectors in nursing homes: Cluster randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7380, 2003, Pages 76-78

  Meyer, Gabriele ^a   Warnke, Andrea ^a   Bender, R ^b   Muhlhauser I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROTECTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037431733     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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