Postoperative Hip Fracture Rehabilitation Model

Hip fracture incidence increases with age and is common among older population. It causes significant problems as there is an increased risk of mortality, restriction of the movement and well-being of the injured people, loss of independence, and other adverse health-related concerns. Rehabilitation plays a significant role in recovery and improving the physical functionality of patients in all stages of care. This is through supporting early postoperative mobilization to secondary prevention using balance and exercise activity movements. Many studies have analyzed the postoperative effect of physiotherapeutic exercise and mobility during hip fracture rehabilitation process. Nevertheless, none of them has highlighted the key stages and activities progression pathway involved during postoperative rehabilitation recovery process. Therefore, it is not clear which care and rehabilitation services accomplish the suitable outcomes for the people undergoing rehabilitation. This article presents conceptual model for the process of the postoperative hip fracture rehabilitation. The model reflects the key stages a patient undergoes straight after hospitalization. The concept could support the development of an online activity monitoring system that could track the vital changes or ongoing improvements taking place in a patient’s well-being as they go through the rehabilitation program. This should also offer vital information to clinicians, related hospitals people, caregivers, as well as the patient’s him/herself. Another area of interest here is that of unfolding the progressive improvement in related muscles in reference to the stages of the program and how this can evolve to offer more precise interaction with the rehabilitation process.