Hip Fracture Types in Canadian Men and Women Change Differently with Age: A Population-Level Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: The change in the proportion of the two hip fracture types that occur in women but not men may point to differences in the etiology and consequently the approaches to prevention for the two fracture types. Level of frailty did not seem to be important. PMID: 27158225 [PubMed]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158225?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders - May 10, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Med Insights Arthritis Musculoskelet Disord Source Type: research