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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-03-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2831075?pdf=render |
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