Effects of a Supplement Enriched in Hydroxymethylbutyrate and Vitamin D on Muscle Strength in Hip Fracture

Launched by HOSPITAL CLINIC OF BARCELONA · May 7, 2013

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ClinConnect Summary

Hip fractures are the cause of substantial morbidity and mortality in elderly people. Nine months after hip fracture, patients still have a poorer quality of life compared to control subjects matched for age and sex.

After a hip fracture, many patients fail to return to their homes and their previous state of mobility. Acute hospital costs generated by this condition are substantial, although the costs in rehabilitation and special care in long-term community are even greater.

Patients with hip fracture are most likely to be frail elderly, and they are usually malnourished when the fractu...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients over 65 years of age after hip fracture surgery.
• • Ability to walk before fracture.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Chronic renal failure, defined as a glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, or serum creatinine of 0.9 mg/dL in women or 1.2 mg/dL in men.
• • Following a diet with protein restriction.
• • Need for enteral or parenteral nutrition.
• • Need for medication with orexigenic or anabolic effect, or long-term corticosteroids.
• • Active neoplastic disease.
• • Cognitive impairment or major psychiatric disorder.
• • Lack of signed informed consent.
• • Any patient with inability to comply with treatment or not appropriate according to the investigator.