ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health1993
Physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for hip fracture in the elderly.
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- Effectiveness of a smartphone application to promote physical activity in primary care: the SMART MOVE randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2014Trial
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- Effects of high-intensity interval training in more or less active mice on biomechanical, biophysical and biochemical bone parameters.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Measurement and Interpretation of Handgrip Strength for Research on Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis.Journal of bone metabolism · 2020Review
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- Physical activity and the risk of hip fracture in the elderly: a prospective cohort study.European journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Health-related predictors of falls and fractures in women over 40.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2013Article
- Physical activity and hip fracture disability: a review.Journal of aging research · 2011Article
- Pedometer determined ambulatory activity and bone mass: a population-based longitudinal study in older adults.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010Article
- Hip fracture epidemiological trends, outcomes, and risk factors, 1970-2009.International journal of general medicine · 2010Article
- Physical activity, muscle function, falls and fractures.Food & nutrition research · 2008Article
- Current knowledge about physiotherapeutic strategies in osteoporosis prevention and treatment.Rheumatology international · 2005Review
- Loading and bone fragility.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2005Review
- Differential risk factor profiles for indoor and outdoor falls in older people living at home in Nottingham, UK.European journal of epidemiology · 1999Article
- Reproductive factors and fatal hip fractures. A Norwegian prospective study of 63,000 women.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 1998Article
- Physical activity and predisposition for hip fractures: a review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 1997Review
- Different risk profiles for hip fractures and distal forearm fractures: a prospective study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 1996Article
- Falls in older people.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1994Article
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveTo test the hypothesis that physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for hip fracture in the elderly.
designPopulation based, case-control study.
settingMetropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANT: A total of 197 patients aged 50 years and over, resident in Newcastle, and admitted consecutively with a hip fracture, and 382 community controls, matched by age and sex, who had not suffered a hip fracture. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsValidated methods were used to assess customary physical activity. Information on body build, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption was also obtained. Grip strength was measured. Physical inactivity was strongly associated with the risk of hip fracture in men and women. Subjects who did not regularly weight-bear, perform muscle-loading activities such as climbing stairs, and perform productive activities such as gardening, were all more than twice as likely to sustain a hip fracture, when compared with subjects at the higher end of the activity spectrum. These increases in risk remained after adjusting for body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, and dependence in daily living activities.
conclusionsCustomary physical inactivity is an independent determinant of hip fracture in the elderly. Strategies to improve the day to day activity of elderly people require urgent exploration.
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