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- Hip_protector abstract "A hip protector is a specialized form of pants or underwear containing pads (either hard or soft) along the outside of each hip/leg, designed to prevent hip fractures following a fall. They are most commonly used in elderly individuals who have a high risk of falls and hip fractures (for example, due to history of a previous fall and underlying osteoporosis).Most hip fractures follow an impact due to a lateral fall. The pads are located over the trochanters, the bony extrusions of the hip region.Hip protectors are either of the "crash helmet type" or "energy-absorbing type". The "crash helmet type" distributes impacts into the surrounding soft tissue, while the "energy-absorbing type" is made of a compressible material and diminishes the force of impact. Both of these systems aim to reduce the focused force beneath an estimated fracture threshold.Several different commercially available hip protectors exist, such as the GeriHip (Prevent Products, Inc.,USA), Impactwear Hip Protective Garments (High Tech Bodywear Ltd., New Zealand), Lyds Hip Protector (Lyds International BV, The Netherlands), Safety Pants (Raunomo Oy, Finland), Safehip (Tytex A/S, Ikast, Denmark), the AHIP Protector (Astrotech, Vienna, Austria) and the KPH hip protector (HRA Pharma, Paris, France). The former has been used in most clinical trials. Hip protectors have the advantage of having no important adverse effects.Clinical studies of hip protector effectiveness vary in terms of proper and consistent use. Some studies report very high levels of hip fracture prevention. A systematic review from 2006 found that that hip protectors are only marginally effective for preventing hip fracture among nursing home residents, and not effective among community dwelling elderly individuals. A recent randomized trial was discontinued because it failed to demonstrate any benefit. Research which has found hip protectors to beneficial found that hard, energy-shunting hip protectors to be superior to soft, energy-absorbing ones. A Bayesian meta-analysis showed a decreased risk of hip fractures in elderly nursing home residents.However, acceptance and long-term compliance towards them is quite low, mainly because of discomfort, dislike of their appearance by the person wearing it, and disagreement about fracture risk. A recent study showed that hip protectors' design and mechanical properties vary drastically among commercially available hip protectors.".
- Hip_protector thumbnail AHIP_Protector.jpg?width=300.
- Hip_protector wikiPageID "8853871".
- Hip_protector wikiPageRevisionID "600803596".
- Hip_protector hasPhotoCollection Hip_protector.
- Hip_protector subject Category:Geriatrics.
- Hip_protector subject Category:Orthopedic_treatment.
- Hip_protector subject Category:Pelvis.
- Hip_protector comment "A hip protector is a specialized form of pants or underwear containing pads (either hard or soft) along the outside of each hip/leg, designed to prevent hip fractures following a fall. They are most commonly used in elderly individuals who have a high risk of falls and hip fractures (for example, due to history of a previous fall and underlying osteoporosis).Most hip fractures follow an impact due to a lateral fall.".
- Hip_protector label "Hip protector".
- Hip_protector label "Hüftprotektor".
- Hip_protector sameAs Hüftprotektor.
- Hip_protector sameAs m.027m2y7.
- Hip_protector sameAs Q1652107.
- Hip_protector sameAs Q1652107.
- Hip_protector wasDerivedFrom Hip_protector?oldid=600803596.
- Hip_protector depiction AHIP_Protector.jpg.
- Hip_protector isPrimaryTopicOf Hip_protector.
