ReviewZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2019
Epidemiology of hip fractures : Systematic literature review of German data and an overview of the international literature.
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- The observation that older men suffer from hip fracture at DXA T-scores higher than older women and a proposal of a new low BMD category, osteofrailia, for predicting fracture risk in older men.Skeletal radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of preoperative predictors for early mortality following hip fracture surgery.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Pooled it
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- [Exercise therapy and basic treatment for osteoporosis].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Guideline
- Effectiveness of pericapsular nerve group block for hip fracture pain management in the emergency department: results of the ED-PENG-B randomised controlled trial.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Trial
- [Treatment of proximal femur fractures in patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) : Review of perioperative management].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Opportunistic lumbar vertebral CT attenuation is associated with intertrochanteric femur fracture occurrence and fracture instability in older adults.Skeletal radiology · 2026Article
- Transient acute kidney injury following femoral fracture in mice : the role of sympathetic activation.Bone & joint research · 2026Article
- Increased 1-year mortality rates after hip fracture surgery in geriatric patients with skeletal muscle atrophy: a propensity score-matched study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Overall and Relative Survival After a Second Contralateral Hip Fracture in Adults over 65 Years: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Lumbar spine DXA T-score and QCT BMD cutpoint values for defining osteofrailia among older men: a framework for further refinement.Skeletal radiology · 2026Review
- Influence of cephalomedullary nail length and caput-collum-diaphyseal angle on tip-apex distance and early mechanical cut-out in trochanteric femur fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Acknowledging the Trauma and Connecting With the Human Spirit After Hip Fracture: A Qualitative Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- Biomechanical analysis of anatomical intramedullary nails and proximal femoral anti-rotation-II intramedullary nails for the treatment of unstable intertrochanteric fractures (AO type 31-A2.2) in older patients.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- High Charlson Comorbidity Index is associated with infection and mortality following surgical treatment of elderly proximal femoral fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Intellectual disabilities and risk of fractures: A population-based cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025Article
- Comparing mortality in the elderly after proximal femur fractures and coxarthrosis: the effect of individual health characteristics and day of surgery.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- The Akcaalan Mortality Score: A Novel Mortality Score to Predict 3-Year Mortality for Elderly Hip Fractures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The positive impact of a quality improvement collaborative on process indicators for geriatric hip fracture care.Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Lower osteoporotic-like vertebral fractural deformity (OLVF) prevalence and severity among older Thais and Indonesians than among older Chinese.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundHip fractures are regarded as a worldwide epidemic and a major public health concern. Changing risk factors, local differences and temporal trends contribute to the particular epidemiology of hip fractures. This overview gives a comprehensive insight into the epidemiology of hip fractures and reviews where German data have contributed to the literature.
methodsThe review of the epidemiology of hip fractures in Germany is based on a systematic literature search in PubMed. Information about the global epidemiology of hip fractures was provided by a selective literature review focusing on specific aspects of the epidemiology of hip fractures.
resultsHip fracture rates vary more than 100-fold between different countries. In most high-income countries, a rise in age-standardized hip fracture rates was observed until the 1980s and 1990s and a decrease thereafter. Such a decrease has not been observed for Germany so far. Many factors, diseases and drugs have been found to be associated with hip fractures and there is some evidence that fracture risk in later life is already programmed during fetal life and early childhood. Of the hip fracture burden 50% occur in people with disability and in need of care. In nursing homes approximately 4 fractures can be expected in 100 women per year. In people with intellectual or developmental disabilities comparable risks of hip fracture occur 10-40 years earlier than in the general population. Incidence of disability, institutionalization and death are frequent consequences of hip fractures.
conclusionThe epidemiology of hip fractures is characterized by a high burden of disease, local differences, temporal trends, well-defined high-risk populations and many established risk factors.
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