Effect of pre-fracture mobility on the early post-operative functional outcome in elderly patients with a hip fracture
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
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| Title | Effect of pre-fracture mobility on the early post-operative functional outcome in elderly patients with a hip fracture | |
| Creator | Adam, S. Godlwana, L. Maleka, D. | |
| Description | Background: Hip fractures are among the most commoncauses of disability and hospitalisation in the elderly. There are no studies inSouth Africa that determine the effect of pre-fracture functional mobility onearly post-operative functional outcome in elderly patients with a hip fracture.Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pre-fracture functionalmobility on early post-operative functional outcome in elderly patients with ahip fracture.Methodology: A prospective pre-test post-test observational study designwas done. Assessments were conducted pre-operatively, at discharge and sixweeks post discharge at two public hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa. Thepre-fracture functional mobility of the participants was determined using theNew Mobility Score (NMS) pre-operatively. At discharge and at six weeks post discharge the participants post-operative functionallevel was assessed using the Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) and the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS).Results: More than two thirds of participants were independently mobile prior to the fracture. Pre-fracture functional mobilityis a strong determinant of early post operative functional outcome in elderly patients with a hip fracture(β = 1.39, p = 0.0001).Conclusion: Independent pre-fracture mobility predicts better early post-operative functional outcomes in the elderly. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2013-12-12 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajp.v69i3.28 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Physiotherapy; Vol 69, No 3 (2013); 13-18 2410-8219 0379-6175 | |
| Language | eng | |
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