Open AccessLow admission Norton scale scores are associated with falls long after rehabilitation in the elderly with hip fractures
Author(s) -
Dan Justo,
Halperin,
J. Engel,
Sherman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s35717
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , rehabilitation , hip fracture , confidence interval , odds ratio , cohort , prospective cohort study , cohort study , surgery , physical therapy , osteoporosis , physics , optics
In this study, we investigated if low admission Norton scale scores (ANSS) are associated with falls, fractures, hospitalizations, and death, after rehabilitation in the elderly with hip fractures.
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