Are hip protectors correctly positioned in use?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Minns, R J ^a   Marsh, A M ^b   Chuck, A ^b   Todd, J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Greater trochanter; Hip fracture; Hip protector movement; Hip protectors; Older people; Soft tissue thickness; Undergarment design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 33947406321     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl186     Document Type: Article

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