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| Studies Lauritzen JB, et al. (1993) Effect of external hip protectors on hip fractures. Lancet 341: 11-3. Kannus P, et al. (2000) Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector. N Engl J Med 343: 1506-13. Rubenstein L (2000) Hip protectors – a breakthrough in fracture prevention. N Engl J Med 343: 1562-1563 Holzer L, Holzer G (2007) The role of hip protector in the prevention of hip fractures in older people Wien Med Wschr 2007 (in press)
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