Since january 1st of this year, people over 65 years old had a fall in Europe, sometimes with serious consequences.
Since january 1st of this year, people over 65 years old had a fall in Europe, sometimes with serious consequences.
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Hip protectors serve as a protective shield around the neck of the thighbone, which is the most fragile part of the hip bones. They absorb shocks to avoid any injury following an impact on the hip during a fall.
They most often consist in underwear with side pockets in order to insert semirigid protective equipment.
According to a first study carried out in Finland in 2000 with over 1,800 participants, hip protectors appear to be able to greatly reduce the number of hip fractures among frail seniors.
However, other studies, carried out more recently and with more reliable methodologies, had less optimistic results, notably among frail patient living in nursing homes; in this case, protectors do not seem to be very effective.
