title: Functional recovery after concomitant fractures of both hip and upper limb in elderly people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate functional recovery after concomitant fractures of both hip and upper limb in elderly people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rehabilitation hospital in Italy.
  
  
  METHODS
  586 consecutive in-patients with hip fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Functional recovery was evaluated by using Barthel index score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  4.1% of patients (i.e. 24/586) suffered from a concomitant fracture of an upper limb, involving proximal humerus (n = 8) or distal radius (n = 16). After adjustment for 9 prognostic factors, a significant reduction in the Barthel index score on admission but not on discharge was found in the patients with an upper limb fracture. The length of stay was not significantly associated with the presence of the concomitant upper limb fracture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a sample of hip-fractured patients, neither the functional recovery at the end of a course of rehabilitation nor the length of stay were influenced by the presence of a concomitant fracture involving an upper limb.
authors.affiliation: Osteoporosis Research Center, Presidio Sanitario San Camillo, Torino, Italy. Medici@h-sancamillo.to.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Monaco
authors.forename: Fulvia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vallero
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Monaco
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mautino
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavanna
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D020127:Recovery of Function