ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2022
Independent factors that attenuate the effectiveness of fracture rehabilitation in improving activities of daily living in female patients aged 80 years and above.
Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05800431 (Efficiency of NESA Microcurrents on Quality of Life in Geriatric Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Efficiency of NESA Microcurrents on Quality of Life in Geriatric Patients
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- Self-perceived frailty in older adults with hip fracture: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Cognitive assessment to optimize prediction of functional outcome in subacute hip fracture: a short-term prospective study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Improvement in Activities of Daily Living during Hospitalization: A Retrospective Study of Older Patients with Hip Fractures.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2023Article
- A screening test is not enough to define the prognostic role of cognitive impairment after hip fracture: a short-term prospective study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSome factors, such as cognitive impairment, can attenuate the effectiveness of rehabilitation. We hypothesized that handgrip strength (HGS) might be one of the independent factors affecting the activities of daily living (ADL) improvements in patients with fractures.
aimsThis study aimed to evaluate the relationship between HGS and improvement in ADL during rehabilitation, and to assess the factors affecting ADL improvement among older patients ≥ 80 years with fractures.
methodsThis longitudinal study was conducted at a rehabilitation hospital among 427 females aged ≥ 80 years, who underwent fracture rehabilitation. Patients were divided into two groups based on their HGS. Analysis of comparison between the two groups and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed with respect to functional independence measure (FIM) gain during rehabilitation.
resultsFIM gain was significantly lower in the weak HGS group (31.5 [20.0-41.0]) than in the strong HGS group (35.0 [27.5-47.0], p = 0.011). In multivariate linear regression analyses, HGS was significantly associated with FIM gain (coefficient: 0.683, 95% confidence intervals 0.302-1.064, p < 0.001). In addition, Mini-Mental State Examination, necessity of assistance in ADL before injury, length of hospital stays for rehabilitation, and period of rehabilitation per day were significantly associated with FIM gain.
conclusionsWeak HGS, cognitive impairment, and necessity of assistance in ADL before injury could be independent factors that attenuate the effectiveness of fracture rehabilitation to improve ADL in old female patients. We encourage such patients to undertake more rehabilitation for improving their ADL, and not refrain from rehabilitation due to old age and fracture.
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