Exercise, nutrition and managing hip fracture in older persons.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to evaluate the role of calcium, alongside other nutrients and exercise, in improving outcomes after hip fracture.
Results Summary
Calcium supplementation, often combined with vitamin D, showed improvements in biochemical indices and mobility, but isolated nutritional interventions did not consistently impact long-term outcomes after hip fracture.
Population
Individuals recovering from hip fracture, likely older adults.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
isolated resistance training | increase | muscle strength | - | - | associated with greater clinical benefits | #1 |
isolated resistance training | increase | mobility | - | - | associated with greater clinical benefits | #2 |
isolated resistance training | increase | function | - | - | associated with greater clinical benefits | #3 |
multimodal home-based programs | increase | muscle strength | - | - | associated with greater clinical benefits | #4 |
multimodal home-based programs | increase | mobility | - | - | associated with greater clinical benefits | #5 |
multimodal home-based programs | increase | function | - | - | associated with greater clinical benefits | #6 |
multinutrient supplements | increase | body weight | - | - | improvements | #7 |
multinutrient supplements | increase | biochemical indices | - | - | improvements | #8 |
multinutrient supplements | decrease | complication rates | - | - | improvements | #9 |
multinutrient supplements | increase | mobility | - | - | improvements | #10 |
nutritional counseling and support | increase | body weight | - | - | improvements | #11 |
nutritional counseling and support | increase | biochemical indices | - | - | improvements | #12 |
nutritional counseling and support | decrease | complication rates | - | - | improvements | #13 |
nutritional counseling and support | increase | mobility | - | - | improvements | #14 |
vitamin D/calcium supplementation | increase | body weight | - | - | improvements | #15 |
vitamin D/calcium supplementation | increase | biochemical indices | - | - | improvements | #16 |
vitamin D/calcium supplementation | decrease | complication rates | - | - | improvements | #17 |
vitamin D/calcium supplementation | increase | mobility | - | - | improvements | #18 |
isolated nutritional interventions | no change | long-term outcomes after hip fracture | - | - | not consistently shown significant impact | #19 |
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Lifestyle factors play a role in both the genesis and recovery from fragility fracture. The purpose of this review is to summarize recent evidence for exercise and nutrition in the management of hip fracture. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent randomized controlled trials of exercise have primarily consisted of isolated resistance training or multimodal home-based programs. More robust, long-term, or supervised training is generally associated with greater clinical benefits, including muscle strength, mobility, and function. Recent nutritional interventions have included multinutrient supplements, nutritional counseling and support, and vitamin D/calcium supplementation. Isolated nutritional interventions have not consistently shown significant impact on long-term outcomes after hip fracture, although improvements in body weight, biochemical indices, complication rates, and mobility have been reported. Overall, there is marked heterogeneity in the robustness of responses seen to hip fracture treatment studies. Few large, long-term, multicomponent interventions with clinically relevant outcomes of functional independence, need for residential care, mortality, and quality of life have been reported. SUMMARY: Evidence-based approaches to hip fracture should include comprehensive risk-factor assessment and treatment for sarcopenia/dynapenia, balance impairment, undernutrition of protein, energy, vitamin D and calcium, depression, cognitive impairment, sensory impairment, social isolation, and comorbid illness with exercise, nutrition and other modalities.