Vibration therapy as an intervention for enhancing trochanteric hip fracture healing in elderly patients: a randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Vibration therapy as an intervention for enhancing trochanteric hip fracture healing in elderly patients: a randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Abstract Background There are more than 300,000 hip fractures yearly in the USA with mortality rates of 20% within 1 year. The treatment of osteoporotic fractures is a major challenge as bone quality is poor, and healing is expected to delay due to the impaired healing properties with respect to bon...

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Main Authors: Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Simon Kwoon Ho Chow, Ning Tang, Yik Lok Chung, James Griffith, Wing Hong Liu, Raymond Wai Kit Ng, Chi Yin Tso, Wing Hoi Cheung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Hip fractures
Vibration treatment
Osteoporosis
Trochanteric fracture
Randomized controlled trial
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05844-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05844-y

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