Short and long-term clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a late-phase community-based balance and gait exercise program following hip fracture. The EVA-Hip Randomised Controlled Trial.

The aim of this trial was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a home-based exercise program delivered four months following hip-fracture surgery. In the two-armed randomized, single blinded clinical trial we included persons who lived in the catchment area, were 70 years...

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Main Authors: Kristin Taraldsen, Pernille Thingstad, Øystein Døhl, Turid Follestad, Jorunn L Helbostad, Sarah E Lamb, Ingvild Saltvedt, Olav Sletvold, Vidar Halsteinli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224971