Hip Fracture Characterization With Ultrasound Exam

Clalit Health Services

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hip Fractures

Treatments: Procedure: ultrasound examination of the hip

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00461669

HIPUS-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hip fractures are usually classified according to their X-ray as subcapital, pertrochanteric. We examine hip fractures with ultrasound in order to characterize the fractures with several parameters.

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients over 50 years with x rays showing a hip fracture

Exclusion criteria

• previous fracture or surgical intervention in the hip
• fracture over 3 days old
• pregnancy
• flexion contracture of hip