Hip Protector for Prevention of Hip Fracture

PSU Hip Protector for Prevention of Hip Fracture From Falling

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01017341

Enrollment

200

Registered

2009-11-20

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2012-09-30

Last updated

2012-05-15

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Conditions

Hip Fracture

Keywords

hip fracture, back support

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the investigators PSU hip protector for prevention of fracture in elderly.The eligible patients include those with previous diagnosed as unilateral hip fracture. They will be randomized into 2 groups;psu hip protector and no protector. The patients will be instructed to wear the protector fulltime.The inceidence of hip fracture will be compared between both group at the end of 1 year.

Interventions

DEVICEPSU hip protector

hip protetor

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with previous diagnosed as unilateral hip fracture

Exclusion criteria

* Poor communicative ability * Cannot independently ambulate * Local skin problem at trocahnteric area

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of new hip fracture	6 months, 1 ,2 and 3 yrs

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
SF 36	6 months, 1 ,2 and 3 yrs

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026