• Pain
• Deformity
• Postural changes resulting from spinal fractures
• Disability
• Physical deterioration due to inactivity
• Changes in self-image

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Hip fractures are costly and clinically serious. Among those who fracture their hip, 12 to 20% die within one year after the fracture and more than 50% of the survivors are unable to return to independent living. Spinal injuries in particular may lead to other adverse effects:

• Loss of height
• Dowager’s hump
• Acute and chronic back pain

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