A scoping review of strategies for the prevention of hip fracture in elderly nursing home residents.

A scoping review of strategies for the prevention of hip fracture in elderly nursing home residents.

<h4>Background</h4>Elderly nursing home residents are at increased risk of hip fracture; however, the efficacy of fracture prevention strategies in this population is unclear.<h4>Objective</h4>We performed a scoping review of randomized controlled trials of interventions test...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anna M Sawka, Nofisat Ismaila, Ann Cranney, Lehana Thabane, Monika Kastner, Amiram Gafni, Linda J Woodhouse, Richard Crilly, Angela M Cheung, Jonathan D Adachi, Robert G Josse, Alexandra Papaioannou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009515&type=printable
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Internet

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009515&type=printable

Similar Items