Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 51-57 , January 2010

Does Rehabilitation Matter in Patients With Femoral Neck Fracture and Cognitive Impairment? A Prospective Study of 246 Patients

Presented to the Swedish Orthopaedic Association, September 3, 2008, Halmstad, Sweden.

  • Amer N. Al-Ani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Amer N. Al-Ani, MD, Dept of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Lena Flodin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Sweden
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  • Anita Söderqvist, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Science and Education, section of Orthopedics Södersjukhuset, Sweden
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  • Paul Ackermann, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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  • Eva Samnegård, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedics, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
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  • Nils Dalén, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedics, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden
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  • Maria Sääf, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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  • Tommy Cederholm, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Uppsala University, Sweden
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  • Margareta Hedström, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden

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 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.09.005

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