Falls and Fractures After Total Hip Arthroplasty
Falls and fractures after THA remain underrecognized but clinically important complications. Identifying predictive preoperative factors such as knee extensor strength and gait speed, along with discrepancies between postoperative balance confidence and fall history, provides actionable insights for risk stratification and fall-prevention strategies in clinical practice.
Authors
- Yasuharu Nakashima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6692-982X)
- Tsutomu Fujita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-4886)
- Goro Motomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-8202)
- Satoshi Yamate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-1917)
- Takeshi Utsunomiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-9803)
- Satoshi Hamai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-2539)
- Shinya Kawahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-6205)
- Toshiki Konishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6990-5276)
- Daisuke Hara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-5974)
- Yuki Nakao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3852-2604)
- Takahiro Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1348-4403)
- Wataru Uehara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6487-1462)
Institutions
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Kyushu University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JBJS Open Access
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.oa.25.00233
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science