Prevention of hip fracture with hip protectors

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL.2, 2006, Pages

  Kannus, Pekka ^a,b   Parkkari, Jari ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Hip protector; Prevention

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; CAREGIVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FINLAND; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MOTIVATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 33750613965     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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