Hip Fracture WisdomCard™
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Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Hip Fracture and compiled helpful research notes below.
- Mayo Clinic: Hip Fracture
mayoclinic.com - Hip Fracture
- eMedicine: Hip Fracture emedicine.com - Hip Fracture
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Hip Fracture orthoinfo.aaos.org - Hip Fracture
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Hip Fracture webmd.com - Hip Fracture
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Hip Fractures Among Older Adults cdc.gov - Hip Fractures Among Older Adults
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Research Notes on Hip Fracture
A hip fracture is a break in the femur of the hip joint. Hip fractures are a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma involving direct impact to the hip bone which has been weakend by osteoporosis. The part of the hip most often broken is the greater trochanter of the femur. Approximately 320,000 hospitalizations occur each year due to hip fractures in the United States.
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What is Hip Fracture?
- Wikipedia: Hip Fracture
- PennState Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: What is it?
- The University of Chicago Medical Center: What is a Hip Fracture?
- FamilyDoctor: What is a Hip Fracture?
- MedTerms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Hip Fracture
What Are The Symptoms of Hip Fracture?
- Mayo Clinic: Signs and Symptoms
- FamilyDoctor: What are the Symptoms of a Hip Fracture?
- AAOS: Hip Fracture Symptoms
What Are The Causes and Complications of Hip Fracture?
- Mayo Clinic: Causes | Complications
- FamilyDoctor: What about Complications
- AAOS: Hip Fracture Causes
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Hip Fracture?
- FamilyDoctor: How is a Hip Fracture Treated?
- AAOS: Hip Fracture Treatment
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Hip Fracture Treatement Overview
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Hip Fracture?
- The University of Chicago Medical Center: What are the Different Types of Hip Fracture?
- Wikipedia: Types of Hip Fracture
- Merck Manuals: Types of Hip Fracture
- International Osteoporosis Foundation: Hip Fracture Statistics
How Do You Prevent Hip Fracture?
- FamilyDoctor: How Can I Prevent Another Hip Fracture?
- Mayo Clinic: Prevention
- AAOS: How Can I Prevent a Broken Hip?
Foundations and Support Groups of Hip Fracture
- International Osteoporosis Foundation: Support and Education
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Hip Fracture
- WebMD: When Hip Fractures Happen Again
- Yahoo Answer: What Are the Symptoms of a Hip Fracture?
- Two Peas In a Bucket: Well, I Now Know the Cause of the Hip Pain....
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Hip Fracture
- Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Hip Fracture
- PubMed Central: Hip Fracture
- Google Scholar: Hip Fracture
Clinical Trials on Hip Fracture
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hip Fracture
- CenterWatch: Hip Fracture
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- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Elisa Carter
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: HipFracture, Fracture of the hip, Femur hip fracture, Hip break, Femur fracture, Hip fractures, Broken Hip
- Last update: Sep. 11, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
