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June 6, 2018Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery177 citations

Inability of Older Adult Patients with Hip Fracture to Maintain Postoperative Weight-Bearing Restrictions

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CKChristian KammerlanderDPDaniel PfeuferLLLeonard Lisitano

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Can older adult patients with hip fracture maintain postoperative weight-bearing restrictions?

P
Population
Older adult patients with hip fracture
I
Intervention
Postoperative weight-bearing restrictions
O
Outcome
Ability to maintain postoperative weight-bearing restrictions

Older adult patients with hip fracture may be unable to maintain postoperative weight-bearing restrictions.

Abstract

Therapeutic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Kammerlander et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da2aee0f778bd2e46847bchttps://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.17.01222
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