Two hundred and forty patients were treated for fractures of the proximal femur at this hospital over an 8 year period (between 1987 and 1994). Subjects ranged in age from 52-98 years, (mean age, 80.3 years).
The authors assessed the patients ADL both before injury and at discharge.
The average ADL score before injury and at discharge was 8.1 and 6.9 points, respectively. The ADL score was the same before injury and at discharge in 96 of the 240 patients (40.0%). However, the ADL score decreased in 135 of the 240 patients (56.3%).
