OBJECTIVE: To contribute to fall prevention by studying the epidemiological profile, mortality, and functional evolution of elderly persons with hip fracture, in Brazil, in the year following a fracture. METHOD: Fifty-six elderly patients aged 60 years and over with hip fracture secondary to a fall and admitted in 2000 were included. In addition to the medical record data, patients or their guardians filled a form providing information regarding personal data, history of fall and fracture, physical evaluation, and ability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living prior to and 1 year after their fracture, using Katz's Index and Lawton's Index, respectively. RESULTS: Fractures were more common among Caucasian widowed women,...
Fall-related fractures among the elderly represent an important public health problem. Severe fractu...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...
OBJECTIVE: To contribute to fall prevention by studying the epidemiological profile, mortality, and ...
Objective: Evaluate the impact that trochanteric hip fractures produce on life quality of elderly pa...
Resumo viii RESUMO Introdução: Anualmente, ocorrem aproximadamente 1,5 milhão de fraturas do quadril...
Introduction: Aging is considered one of the most significant changes of the 21st century. One of th...
Orientador: Maria Elena GuarientoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculda...
A população brasileira tem envelhecido rapidamente nas últimas décadas. Entre os eventos incapacitan...
Femur fracture is among the most common traumatic injuries in the elderly population, it presents a ...
Hip fracture has increased in the last decades and has been considered one of the major causes of mo...
Longevity and population aging are not merely an achievement, but also a challenge, since they cause...
According to the Portuguese Ministry of Health there are in Portugal more than 9500 femoral neck fra...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
Fall-related fractures among the elderly represent an important public health problem. Severe fractu...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...
OBJECTIVE: To contribute to fall prevention by studying the epidemiological profile, mortality, and ...
Objective: Evaluate the impact that trochanteric hip fractures produce on life quality of elderly pa...
Resumo viii RESUMO Introdução: Anualmente, ocorrem aproximadamente 1,5 milhão de fraturas do quadril...
Introduction: Aging is considered one of the most significant changes of the 21st century. One of th...
Orientador: Maria Elena GuarientoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculda...
A população brasileira tem envelhecido rapidamente nas últimas décadas. Entre os eventos incapacitan...
Femur fracture is among the most common traumatic injuries in the elderly population, it presents a ...
Hip fracture has increased in the last decades and has been considered one of the major causes of mo...
Longevity and population aging are not merely an achievement, but also a challenge, since they cause...
According to the Portuguese Ministry of Health there are in Portugal more than 9500 femoral neck fra...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
Fall-related fractures among the elderly represent an important public health problem. Severe fractu...
Uma das grandes preocupações com o envelhecimento populacional é o aumento na prevalência de doenças...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...