] have evaluated interventions during hip fracture rehabilitation but none have focussed on FoF specifically. Therefore, there is a need to synthesize the findings of FoF intervention trials in hip fracture patients.
In summary, FoF appears to influence hip fracture rehabilitation, and addressing it may improve outcomes []. Consolidating our knowledge of the prevalence and measurement of FoF after hip fracture, how it influences physical performance as well as how best to address FoF in hip fracture rehabilitation is therefore necessary. Since the last systematic review on FoF in hip fracture [
], many new studies focusing on FoF after hip fracture have been published.
]; this author was contacted and data specific to only the hip fracture participants included in their study were obtained.Each included study was appraised by two reviewers; any disagreements were resolved by involving the third reviewer. The four research questions were answered by studies of different designs; therefore, four quality assessment tools were required to appraise the included studies .
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