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.

Elderly nursing home residents are at increased risk of hip fracture; however, the efficacy of fracture prevention strategies in this population is unclear.We performed a scoping review of randomized controlled trials of interventions tested in the long-term care (LTC) setting, examining hip fractur...

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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:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2831075?pdf=render

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