The effect of intensive abductor strengthening on postoperative muscle efficiency ands functional ability of hip-fractured patients: A randomized controlled trial

Conclusions: Compared to the standard physiotherapy intervention, the intensive abductor-strengthening program significantly increased both abductors' isometric strength of the fractured hip and abductor ratio% and resulted in patients' enhanced functional level. Clinical Trial Identifier: ISRCTN30713542.

Source: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics - April 17, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Sophia Stasi George Papathanasiou Efstathios Chronopoulos Ismene A Dontas Ioannis P Baltopoulos Nikolaos A Papaioannou Source Type: research