Key result
A later starting date for cane walking was independently associated with a longer total length of stay in acute care and rehabilitation hospitals among patients with proximal hip fractures (OR 1.14).
Observational (n=332)
Odds Ratio: 1.14 (95% CI 1–1.3)
p-value: p=0.04
The time to start walking with a cane is a clinically useful predictor of total hospital length of stay in patients with proximal hip fractures.
Cane walking start day should not yet guide hip fracture mobilization protocols; leaves open whether earlier ambulation shortens stays in prospective trials.
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Yoshinaga et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Proximal hip fractures (n=332). Delayed starting date for cane walking vs. Earlier starting date for cane walking was evaluated on Long-term total length of stay (above median) (OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.00-1.30, p=0.04). A later starting date for cane walking was independently associated with a longer total length of stay in acute care and rehabilitation hospitals among patients with proximal hip fractures (OR 1.14).
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