EC Orthopaedics

Background: Hip fracture injuries, surgery, preventive and rehabilitation efforts over the years have not yielded commensurate returns despite their laudable goals and great need.

Aim: This mini review aimed to examine 2022-2023 data focusing on falls self-efficacy and fears.

Methods: All available English language related papers housed in key data bases were examined.

Results: Although highly diverse, cumulative findings appear to support a need for more careful routine evaluation of hip fracture attributes among the elderly, and efforts to foster confidence to overcome falls fears.

Conclusion: More carefully conceived preclinical as well as longitudinal studies of the possible negative influence of cognitions on hip fracture risk and recovery among larger more diverse samples of various age categories are strongly indicated.

 Keywords: Aging; Falls; Fall Efficacy; Fear of Falling; Hip Fracture; Prevention; Self-efficacy; Rehabilitation; Surgery

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