The hip impact protection project: Design and methods

Clinical Trials

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-355

  Barton, Bruce A ^a   Birge, Stanley J ^b   Magaziner, Jay ^c   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^d   Ball, Linda ^b   Brown, Kathleen M ^a   Kiel, Douglas P ^e  

^a MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NURSING HOMES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58149135119     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774508095120     Document Type: Article

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