2023 Volume 38 Issue 2 Pages 90-95
[Purpose] To identify factors affecting the performance index of trochanteric femoral fracture patients. [Participants and Methods] The participants were 117 patients with a trochanteric femoral fracture who underwent convalescent rehabilitation treatment. The relationships between the motor Functional Independence Measure (FIM) gain, length of a stay in the convalescent rehabilitation ward, and nine variables available at the time of admission to the convalescent rehabilitation ward were examined using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using the stepwise method. [Results] The motor FIM score, the cognitive FIM score at the time of admission to the convalescent rehabilitation ward and pre-injury walking ability influenced motor FIM gain. No significant correlation was found for length of a stay in the convalescent rehabilitation ward. [Conclusion] The higher the three variables described above as influencing motor FIM gains were, the higher the FIM gains were, especially those of bathtub transfers and movement on stairs.
