Stroke, a major and increasing risk factor for femoral neck fracture
Stroke, a major and increasing risk factor for femoral neck fracture
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.31.7.1572
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发表时间:
2000-07-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Gustafson, Y
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作者:
Ramnemark, A;Nilsson, M;Gustafson, Y
Background and Purpose-Patients with stroke have up to a 4-fold increased risk of hip fracture because of their high incidence of falls and loss of bone mass in the paretic side, ie, hemiosteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of previous stroke among patients with femoral neck fracture.Methods-The study included all 568 patients, a,aed greater than or equal to 65 years, who underwent surgery for femoral, neck fracture in 1980, 1983, 1987, 1993, and 1997 at the orthopedic clinic of Umea University Hospital, Umea, Sweden.Results-The prevalence of previous strokes ranged from 16.4% to 38.5% (P