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Evaluate the clinical impact of an accelerated rehabilitation programme compared with conventional postoperative care in patients undergoing surgery for proximal femoral fracture.

January 1, 1993Disability and Rehabilitation

Accelerated rehabilitation after proximal femoral fracture: a randomized controlled trial

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Evaluate the clinical impact of an accelerated rehabilitation programme compared with conventional postoperative care in patients undergoing surgery for proximal femoral fracture.
Randomized controlled trial conducted in an outer urban general hospital with 261 sequentially admitted patients aged over 50 years undergoing surgical repair of proximal femoral fracture.
Participants received either an accelerated rehabilitation programme or conventional care, with follow-up extending to death or 4 months post-fracture.
Accelerated rehabilitation resulted in a 20% reduction in length of hospital stay compared to conventional care.
Patients with limited pre-existing disability achieved greater physical independence as assessed by the Barthel Index under the accelerated programme.
Accelerated rehabilitation reduced the likelihood of in-hospital death and nursing-home discharge among individuals admitted from non-nursing-home settings.

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Randomized trial reveals accelerated rehabilitation reduces hospital stay and nursing-home transfers in hip fracture patients, highlighting benefits of rapid postoperative recovery.

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Cameron et al. (1993) studied this question.

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Randomized trial reveals accelerated rehabilitation reduces hospital stay and nursing-home transfers in hip fracture patients, highlighting benefits of rapid postoperative recovery.

Accelerated rehabilitation after proximal femoral fracture: a randomized controlled trial

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