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Using a wheelchair offers a substantially reduced risk of fractures for the frail and elderly
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Using a wheelchair offers a substantially reduced risk of fractures for the frail and elderly

by University of Gothenburg Cumulative Incidences for Patients Who Used Wheelchairs vs Matched Ambulatory Controls The cumulative incidence of events was estimated using 1 minus the Kaplan-Meier estimate of the corresponding survival function and presented with 95% CIs. Fall injury indicated all fall-related injuries not resulting in a fracture. The 5-year absolute risk difference (ARD)...