Open AccessMajor risk factors for the second contralateral hip fracture in the elderly
Author(s) -
Chayanin Angthong
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2009.193
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , incidence (geometry) , univariate analysis , osteoporosis , multivariate analysis , surgery , physics , optics
The purpose of this study was to determine which of the predisposing risk factors for the first hip fracture would continue to be effective for the development of the second hip fracture in the elderly.
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