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| Are hip protectors correctly positioned in use? | | Author(s) | R J Minns, A-M Marsh, A Chuck |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 2, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 140-144 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Fractures ; Preventative medicine ; Clothing aids ; Usage [services]. |
| Annotation | The design of hip protectors ranges from small elliptical shaped hard shell designs to large circular soft pads. They are held in position usually by being contained in a close-fitting pocket on a garment that patients wear all the time they are at risk of sustaining a fracture of the hip if they fall onto the area of the greater trochanter (GT). The purpose of this study was to determine where the GT was in relation to the anterior superior iliac crest (ASIC), where various designs of hip protectors and their associated garments were positioned relative to the GT which is the area needing maximum protection from impact forces generated from a sideways fall. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503205 A |
| Classmark | CUF: LK2: MQC: QLD |
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