Clinical Study
Hip Fractures in Persons with Stroke
Table 3
Characteristics of persons admitted to the stroke unit (
) with hip fracture (H) and without hip fracture (NH).
| | Persons with hip fracture () | | Persons without hip fracture () | tested | H | NH |
| Age, mean (range) years | 80 (56–92) | 0.18 | 75 (33–94) | 9 | 209 | Men, (%) | 6 (67) | 0.50 | 105 (50) | 9 | 209 | NIHSS, md (IQR) | 5 (2–7) | 0.18 | 6 (3–11) | 9 | 209 | Neglect, (%) | 2 (22) | 0.96 | 45 (22) | 9 | 209 | Visual impairment, (%) | 6 (67) | 0.04 | 52 (33) | 9 | 156 | Persons who fell during the previous year, (%) | 5 (56) | 0.76 | 59 (39) | 9 | 156 | Persons who fell at the stroke unit, (%) | 1 (11) | 0.84 | 17 (9) | 9 | 187 | Persons with fractures before stroke onset, (%) | 2 (22) | 0.01 | 6 (4) | 9 | 156 | MMSE, md (IQR) | 21 (14–26) | 0.05 | 26 (21–28) | 9 | 152 | BL: motor impairment upper ex, (%) | 7 (88) | 0.18 | 102 (64) | 8 | 159 | BL: motor impairment lower ex, (%) | 5 (63) | 1 | 99 (62) | 8 | 159 | BBS < 45, (%) | 6 (75) | 0.28 | 77 (50) | 8 | 154 | TUG ≥ 14 seconds, (%) | 4 (80) | 0.05 | 37 (34) | 5 | 110 | SWWT, (%) | 2 (29) | 0.02 | 7 (6) | 7 | 118 |
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NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Md: median; IQR: interquartile range; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination BL: Birgitta Lindmark motor assessment scale; BBS: Berg Balance Scale; TUG: Timed Up & Go; SWWT: Stops Walking When Talking.
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