Feasibility of progressive strength training shortly after hip fracture surgery

Table 1 Baseline data of patients with hip fractures included in a 6-wk rehabilitation programme

	All	Dropout within6 wk, n = 8	Followed 6-wkprogram, n = 31	P value
Age (yr)	77.7 ± 8.7	77.2 ± 8.3	77.9 ± 9.0	0.8
Women	33 (85)	7 (21)	26 (79)	1.0
Men	6 (15)	1 (17)	5 (83)
Cervical femoral fracture	23 (59)	4 (17)	19 (83)	0.8
Intertrochanteric fracture	12 (31)	3 (25)	9 (75)
Subtrochanteric fracture	4 (10)	1 (25)	3 (75)
New mobility score (0-9):
Pre-fracture functional level	9 (9-9)	9 (8.5-9)	9 (9-9)	0.8
Baseline functional level	4 (3-4)	4 (3-4)	4 (3-4)	0.9
Barthel-20 (0-20)	18 (17-20)	8 (17-19.5)	18 (17-20)	0.9
Balance, tandem test (0-30)	30 (23-30)	27 (24-30)	30 (22-30)	0.5
Timed up and go test, seconds	21.0 ± 7.2	22.4 ± 10	20.2 ± 6.0	0.4
Ten-meter fast speed walk, m/s	0.72 ± 0.22	0.65 ± 0.31	0.74 ± 0.19	0.3
Six min walk test, meters	198 ± 79	189 ± 80	201 ± 80	0.7
Fractured, knee-extension strength, Nm/kg	0.47 ± 0.16	0.39 ± 0.16	0.49 ± 0.16	0.1
Non-fractured, knee- extension strength, Nm/kg	0.79 ± 0.22	0.69 ± 0.29	0.81 ± 0.28	0.2

Data are presented as mean ± SD, as medians (25%-75% quartiles) or as n (%).