About half of hip fractures are treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), and the other half are treated with an arthroplasty procedure, in which a joint is replaced. Physical therapy ...
1 Department of Orthopaedics, Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Huanggang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Hubei University ...
These injuries have no potential for displacement. Therefore, immobilization for 3 to 4 weeks is needed only for comfort and protection, with weight bearing as tolerated. Because of the potential ...