Multicomponent Home-based Physical Therapy Versus Usual Care for Recovery After Hip Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the effect of 2 home-based 16-week multi-component physical therapy interventions on functional recovery compared to usual care after hip fracture.

Design

Cross-study comparison using participants from the Community Ambulation Project (CAP; a randomized controlled trial) were compared to the Baltimore Hip Studies-seventh cohort (BHS-7; an observational cohort study) at 3 different time points (CAP: 15, 31, 55 weeks; BHS-7: 8, 26, and 52 weeks).

Setting

General community PARTICIPANTS: Combined convenience sample of hip-fracture patients 8-26 weeks post admission from a prospective cohort study and randomized controlled trial. (N=549) INTERVENTIONS: CAP participants were randomized to one of 2 interventions (PUSH: specific multi-component intervent

SUBMITTER: Prasad NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840126 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature