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Effectiveness of a Home-Based Fragility Fracture Integrated Rehabilitation Management (FIRM) Program in Patients Surgically Treated for Hip Fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a home-based fragility fracture integrated rehabilitation management (H-FIRM) program following an inpatient FIRM (I-FIRM) program in patients surgically treated for hip fracture.

Methods

This nonrandomized controlled trial included 32 patients who underwent hip surgery for a fragility hip fracture. The patients were divided into two groups: a prospective intervention group (n = 16) and a historical control group (n = 16). The intervention group performed a nine-week H-FIRM program combined with the I-FIRM program. The historical control group performed the I-FIRM program only. Functional outcomes included Koval's grade, Functional Ambulatory Category (FAC), Functional Independence Measure (FIM) locomotion, Modified Rivermead Mobility Index (MRMI), 4 m walking speed test (4MWT), and the Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI). All functional outcomes were assessed one week (before I-FIRM), three weeks (before I-FIRM), and three months (after H-FIRM) after surgery.

Results

Both groups showed significant and clinically meaningful improvements in functional outcomes over time. Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed clinically meaningful improvements in Koval's grade, FAC, FIM locomotion, MRMI, 4MWT, and K-MBI from baseline to three months.

Conclusion

H-FIRM may be an effective intervention for improving functional outcomes in older people after fragility hip fractures.

SUBMITTER: Choi JH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7794998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effectiveness of a Home-Based Fragility Fracture Integrated Rehabilitation Management (FIRM) Program in Patients Surgically Treated for Hip Fractures.

Choi Jun Hwan JH Kim Bo Ryun BR Nam Kwang Woo KW Lee Sang Yoon SY Beom Jaewon J Lee So Young SY Suh Min Ji MJ Lim Jae-Young JY

Journal of clinical medicine 20201223 1

<h4>Background</h4>The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a home-based fragility fracture integrated rehabilitation management (H-FIRM) program following an inpatient FIRM (I-FIRM) program in patients surgically treated for hip fracture.<h4>Methods</h4>This nonrandomized controlled trial included 32 patients who underwent hip surgery for a fragility hip fracture. The patients were divided into two groups: a prospective intervention group (<i>n</i> = 16) and a historica ...[more]

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Effectiveness of a Home-Based Fragility Fracture Integrated Rehabilitation Management (FIRM) Program in Patients Surgically Treated for Hip Fractures.

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Effectiveness of a Home-Based Fragility Fracture Integrated Rehabilitation Management (FIRM) Program in Patients Surgically Treated for Hip Fractures.

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