Simultaneous distal radius and hip fractures in elderly patients - Implications to rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 823-826

  Shabat, S ^a   Gepstein, R ^a   Mann, G ^a   Stern, A ^a   Nyska, M ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038724839     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280210142257     Document Type: Article

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