More than half of hip fracture patients fail to regain prefracture mobility within one year, highlighting the need for targeted rehabilitation in high-risk patients.
The risk not to regain prefracture mobility is highest in mobile patients without an aid. The risk of becoming immobile is higher in those having a lower prefracture mobility. Activities of daily living dependence and delirium were the main risk factors for not regaining mobility.
Vochteloo et al. (Thu,) studied this question.