Early comprehensive geriatric assessment improves hip fracture recovery, reducing complications, hospital stay, and mortality in older adults, according to a systematic review of 39 studies.

This study evaluates the role of the number of secondary diagnoses for calculating the Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) in risk adjustment of the 90-day mortality rate after hip fracture surgical ...

Hip fractures, often a result of a fall, are the most serious type of osteoporotic fracture because they are accompanied by ...

Combining exercise with testosterone gel application does not improve endurance or long-distance mobility in older women ...

Hip fractures, often a result of a fall, are the most serious type of osteoporotic fracture because they are accompanied by ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of nonagenarian patients admitted for hip fracture and assess whether they present differences in complications and ...

A new randomized clinical trial found that combining testosterone therapy with exercise training did not significantly improve long-distance mobility in older women recovering from hip fracture. The ...

Anyone who has a hip or knee replacement, or hip fracture repair, should not fly for three months, said an all-party committee of MPs on travel-related deep vein thrombosis. Research suggested ...

The aim of the study was to determine if operating early on patients with neck of femur fractures who are on clopidogrel increases the risk of clinically significant bleeding, reflected in rate of ...

The study, called STEP-HI, involved 129 women 65 and older living in the community who had a recent surgical repair of a hip fracture and experiencing mobility impairment. It is the largest such study ...