Nondisplaced proximal humeral fractures: High incidence among outpatient-treated osteoporotic fractures and severe impact on upper extremity function and patient subjective health perception

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 795-801

  Calvo, Emilio ^a   Morcillo, Diana ^a   Foruria, Antonio M ^a   Redondo Santamaría, Enrique ^b   Osorio Picorne, Fernando ^b   Caeiro, Jose R ^c  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Osteoporosis; Prevalence; Proximal humeral fractures; Upper extremity function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONDISPLACED PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958828672     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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