In older patients with hip fracture, extended physiotherapy reduces falls compared with standard physiotherapy, and high dose cholecalciferol reduces hospital readmissions compared with lower dose

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Kerrie M Sanders. Evid Based Med. 2010 Oct.

. 2010 Oct;15(5):144-5.

doi: 10.1136/ebm1107. Epub 2010 Jul 22.

¹ Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Geelong, Australia. kerrie@barwonhealth.org.au

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Effect of high-dosage cholecalciferol and extended physiotherapy on complications after hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial.
Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Dawson-Hughes B, Platz A, Orav EJ, Stähelin HB, Willett WC, Can U, Egli A, Mueller NJ, Looser S, Bretscher B, Minder E, Vergopoulos A, Theiler R. Bischoff-Ferrari HA, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010 May 10;170(9):813-20. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.67. Arch Intern Med. 2010. PMID: 20458090 Clinical Trial.