title: [Retrospective assessment of health and locomotor efficiency in elderly patients in the period directly preceding femoral trochanter fracture].
abstract: This paper presents a group of patients which had femoral trochanter fracture. The study group was assessed in terms of age, sex, concomitant diseases and pre-traumatic motor efficiency. The author of the paper highlights the fact that the majority (42%) of patients is over 80 years of age, and frequently suffer from two or more concomitant diseases impeding the surgical procedure in the emergency mode. Moreover almost every second person had significant problems with movement before the fracture.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Ortopedyczno-Urazowy, Szpitala im. Sw. Łukasza w Tarnowie. mbednarenko@interia.pl
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bednarenko
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hładki
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kotela
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000145:classification*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution