Do hip protectors decrease the risk of hip fracture in institutional and community-dwelling elderly? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

[1]  G. Kernohan,et al.  A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a policy of making hip protectors available to residents of nursing homes. , 2004, Age and ageing.

[2]  R. Francis,et al.  Randomized controlled trial of hip protectors among women living in the community , 2004, Osteoporosis International.

[3]  Barbara Di Eugenio,et al.  Squibs and Discussions: The Kappa Statistic: A Second Look , 2004, CL.

[4]  T. Anastassiades,et al.  The association between osteoporotic fractures and health-related quality of life as measured by the Health Utilities Index in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) , 2003, Osteoporosis International.

[5]  M. Bhandari.  Do hip protectors help prevent hip fractures? , 2003, CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne.

[6]  L. Gillespie,et al.  Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in the elderly. , 2003, The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

[7]  D. C. Schoen.  Effect on hip fractures of increased use of hip protectors in nursing homes: Cluster randomized controlled trial. , 2003 .

[8]  David J Torgerson,et al.  Randomised controlled trial of hip protectors for the prevention of second hip fractures. , 2003, Age and ageing.

[9]  R. Cumming,et al.  A randomised trial of hip protector use by frail older women living in their own homes , 2003, Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.

[10]  U. Chinappen,et al.  Acceptability and compliance with hip protectors in community-dwelling women at high risk of hip fracture. , 2003, Rheumatology.

[11]  L. Nyberg,et al.  Fall and Injury Prevention in Residential Care—Effects in Residents with Higher and Lower Levels of Cognition , 2003, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

[12]  Lex M Bouter,et al.  Prevention of hip fractures by external hip protectors: a randomized controlled trial. , 2003, JAMA.

[13]  C. Becker,et al.  Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Intervention on Falls in Nursing Home Residents , 2003, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

[14]  L. Bouter,et al.  Acceptance and Compliance with External Hip Protectors: A Systematic Review of the Literature , 2002, Osteoporosis International.

[15]  R. Rizzoli,et al.  Survival and Potential Years of Life Lost After Hip Fracture in Men and Age-matched Women , 2002, Osteoporosis International.

[16]  S. Cummings,et al.  Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures , 2002, The Lancet.

[17]  A Donner,et al.  Current and future challenges in the design and analysis of cluster randomization trials , 2001, Statistics in medicine.

[18]  R. Cumming,et al.  Hip protectors in aged-care facilities: a randomized trial of use by individual higher-risk residents. , 2001, Age and ageing.

[19]  T. Wilkinson,et al.  Hip fracture mortality and morbidity--can we do better? , 2001, The New Zealand medical journal.

[20]  T. Markova,et al.  Does a hip protector reduce the risk of hip fracture in frail elderly patients? , 2001, The Journal of family practice.

[21]  M K Campbell,et al.  Extending the CONSORT statement to cluster randomized trials: for discussion. , 2001, Statistics in medicine.

[22]  C. Aroney,et al.  Left main coronary artery dissection during coronary angioplasty or angiography treated by stent insertion without requirement for emergency bypass graft surgery. , 2000, Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine.

[23]  P Kannus,et al.  Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector. , 2000, The New England journal of medicine.

[24]  M Eccles,et al.  Analysis of cluster randomized trials in primary care: a practical approach. , 2000, Family practice.

[25]  W. Hung,et al.  Effectiveness and acceptability of a newly designed hip protector: a pilot study. , 2000, Archives of gerontology and geriatrics.

[26]  P Kannus,et al.  Comparison of force attenuation properties of four different hip protectors under simulated falling conditions in the elderly: an in vitro biomechanical study. , 1999, Bone.

[27]  H. Aho,et al.  Hip protectors and hip fractures. , 1998, Age and ageing.

[28]  M K Campbell,et al.  Cluster randomised trials: time for improvement , 1998, BMJ.

[29]  H Inskip,et al.  Will elderly rest home residents wear hip protectors? , 1998, Age and ageing.

[30]  K. Michaëlsson,et al.  External hip protectors to prevent osteoporotic hip fractures , 1997, The Lancet.

[31]  C. Cooper,et al.  The crippling consequences of fractures and their impact on quality of life. , 1997, The American journal of medicine.

[32]  P. Kannus,et al.  Energy‐shunting external hip protector attenuates the peak femoral impact force below the theoretical fracture threshold: An in vitro biomechanical study under falling conditions of thel elderly , 1995, Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

[33]  I. Cameron,et al.  External hip protectors: likely non-compliance among high risk elderly people living in the community. , 1994, Archives of gerontology and geriatrics.

[34]  M. M. Petersen,et al.  Effect of external hip protectors on hip fractures , 1993, The Lancet.

[35]  R. Cumming,et al.  Adherence with hip protectors: a proposal for standardised definitions , 2004, Osteoporosis International.

[36]  N. Niino,et al.  Hip Fracture Prevention Trial Using Hip Protectors in Japanese Nursing Homes , 2001, Osteoporosis International.

[37]  R. Goeree,et al.  Economic Implications of Hip Fracture: Health Service Use, Institutional Care and Cost in Canada , 2001, Osteoporosis International.

[38]  A. Wettstein,et al.  Acceptance of Hip Protectors for Hip Fracture Prevention in Nursing Homes , 2001, Osteoporosis International.

[39]  O. Johnell,et al.  Long-Term Risk of Osteoporotic Fracture in Malmö , 2000, Osteoporosis International.

[40]  S. Shinkai,et al.  [Compliance in use of external protectors for hip fractures among the community elderly in Japan]. , 1999, Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics.

[41]  J. Chandler,et al.  The Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Nursing Home Residents , 1999, Osteoporosis International.