Physical performance and risk of hip fracture in community-dwelling elderly people in China: A 4-year longitudinal cohort study

Hip fracture in the elderly is a major public health problem. The number of hip fractures is predicted to increase to 7.3 - 21.3 million globally and 5.9 million in China by 2050 [1,2]. Hip fractures cause morbidity, disability, and loss of independence worldwide [3,4], and a rising rate of fractures will markedly increase the associated economic burden in the coming decades [5]. Most hip fractures are a direct result of a fall [6], and poor neuromuscular function increases the risk of a fall in older adults [7,8].
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