Extended Exercise Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture Improves Patients' Physical Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Zendy

Mohammad Auais | Zendy; Owis Eilayyan | Zendy; Nancy E. Mayo | Zendy

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Extended Exercise Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture Improves Patients' Physical Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author(s) -

Mohammad Auais,

Owis Eilayyan,

Nancy E. Mayo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20110274

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , physical therapy , meta analysis , rehabilitation , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , cinahl , cochrane library , medline , gait , physical medicine and rehabilitation , osteoporosis , surgery , psychological intervention , psychiatry , political science , law

Although the principal goal of hip fracture management is a return to the pre-event functional level, most survivors fail to regain their former levels of autonomy. One of the most effective strategies to mitigate the fracture's consequences is therapeutic exercise.

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