Effectiveness of hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in elderly people: Systematic review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7541, 2006, Pages 571-573

  Parker, Martyn J ^a   Gillespie, William J ^b   Gillespie, Lesley D ^c  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROTECTOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644957631     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38753.375324.7C     Document Type: Review

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