Physical therapy in the postoperative of proximal femur fracture in elderly. Literature review

Mariana Barquet Carneiro, Débora Pinheiro Lédio Alves, Marcelo Tomanik Mercadante, Mariana Barquet Carneiro, Débora Pinheiro Lédio Alves, Marcelo Tomanik Mercadante

Abstract

The proximal femoral fracture in the elderly is a serious public health problem. Surgical treatment of this fracture is used to reduce morbidity, together with postoperative physical therapy. The objective was to conduct a systematic review of physical therapy protocols in postoperative for fractures of the proximal femur in elderly. We selected randomized controlled trials in elderly in the past 10 years, in Portuguese and English. There were 14 articles in the literature. Physical therapy has an important role in functional recovery of the elderly. Level of Evidence I, Systematic Review RCTs (Study results were homogenous).

Keywords: Aged; Hip fractures; Rehabilitation.

Conflict of interest statement

All the authors declare that there is no potential conflict of interest referring to this article.

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Figure 1. Flowchart with result of the search carried out in the Medline and PubMed databases.

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