Home-Based Physical Therapy for Older Adults After Hip Fracture —Reply

In Reply In response to Dr Schlicht, there are several reasons why we believe the results of the CAP trial do not suggest that physical activity for older adults is unsafe. First, the incidence of falls in the training group of our study (6/105 over 16 weeks) is considerably lower than that reported in studies following people for 6 to 12 months after hip fracture.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research