SynthesisJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2019
Efficacy of balance training for hip fracture patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness of optimal exercise-based strategy for patients with hip fracture: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions for improving mobility after hip fracture surgery in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Changes in lower limb muscle strength and corresponding gait changes following hip fractures in older adults: a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Efficacy of comprehensive rehabilitation training for elderly patients with lower limb fractures after surgery.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of telerehabilitation in postoperative outcomes in patients on hip fracture surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Can Older Adult Patients with Hip Fractures Have Their Discharge Destination Predicted by Physical Performance Measures?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
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- Association between Sarcopenia and Balance in Patients Undergoing Inpatient Rehabilitation after Hip Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Post hip fracture orthogeriatric care-a Canadian position paper addressing challenges in care and strategies to meet quality indicators.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2023Review
- The global approach to rehabilitation following an osteoporotic fragility fracture: A review of the rehabilitation working group of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) committee of scientific advisors.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022Review
- The risk factors of heart failure in elderly patients with hip fracture: what should we care.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Orthogeriatric co-management for the care of older subjects with hip fracture: recommendations from an Italian intersociety consensus.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Review
- Clinical Practice Guideline for Postoperative Rehabilitation in Older Patients With Hip Fractures.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
- The Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction and Rehabilitation in Patients With a Low Energy Fracture-Part III of an Observational Study.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Neurocognitive measures predict voluntary stepping performance in older adults post-hip fracture.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate whether the clinical effects of balance training were improved in hip fracture patients.
methodsElectronic databases which included PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library up to December 2018 were searched. High-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and prospective clinical controlled studies were selected based on inclusion criteria. Stata 12.0 was used for the meta-analysis. Standard mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to assess the effects.
resultsFinally, 9 studies with 872 patients (balance training = 445, control = 427) were included in our meta-analysis (published between 1997 and 2018). Compared with the control group, balance training group showed a significant increase in overall function (SMD = 0.59, 95% CI [0.25, 0.93], P = 0.001), gait speed (SMD = 0.63, 95% CI [0.19, 1.07], P = 0.005), lower limb strength (SMD = 0.73, 95% CI [0.50, 0.95], P = 0.000), activities of daily living (ADLs) (SMD = 0.97, 95% CI [0.61, 1.34], P = 0.000), performance task scores (SMD = 0.41, 95% CI [0.21, 0.61], P = 0.000), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores (SMD = 0.32, 95% CI [0.16, 0.47], P = 0.000).
conclusionsOur meta-analysis revealed that the balance training group has improved overall physical functioning, gait, lower limb strength, performance task, and activity of daily living than the control group. More high-quality and large-scale RCTs are needed to identify the optimal regimen of balance training after hip fracture.
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