Abstract
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between going out with the degree of physical functional recovery of femoral fracture patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were first time femoral fracture patients in a rehabilitation hospital after surgery who were 36 elderly persons aged 65 years or over. Physical therapists asked the patients about their frequencies of going out before fracture and classified them by purpose. Recovery of physical function was defined as the difference between the function at the time of hospital discharge and the function at one month after surgery. [Results] The recovery of physical function was not associated with age, sex or cognitive function. However, the frequency of going out and frequency of shopping before fracture was significantly associated with physical function recovery. [Conclusion] The frequency of going out and frequency of shopping was related to the recovery of physical function of femoral fracture patients.
