Wortberg W E
Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin, Lüdenscheid.
Z Gerontol. 1988 May-Jun;21(3):169-73.
In the industrial countries, the number of hip fractures will double or even triple in the next 20 years. Pathogenetically, it is a complex matter of medical as well as biosocial factors. Gerontoprophylactically, it is more a biomechanical problem. Therefore a light fall on to the hip at the greater trochanter is of the greatest importance. We have constructed an impact neutralizer, also designed as a hip fracture bandage, to absorb the impact forces which act on aged people during a fall. It is made of a special silicone rubber. The impact neutralizer permits an impulse amplification by a factor of approximately two. Also, the critical height of the fall is increased by a factor of three. That means that the number of hip fractures occurring in elderly people can be reduced by 30-50%, depending on the type of fall and assuming that all elderly people liable to fall wear the hip fracture bandage.
在工业化国家，未来20年内髋部骨折的数量将增加一倍甚至两倍。从发病机制上讲，这是一个涉及医学和生物社会因素的复杂问题。从老年预防的角度来看，这更多是一个生物力学问题。因此，大转子处髋部的轻微跌倒至关重要。我们制造了一种冲击中和器，也设计成髋部骨折绷带，以吸收老年人跌倒时作用在他们身上的冲击力。它由一种特殊的硅橡胶制成。这种冲击中和器可使冲量放大约两倍。此外，临界跌倒高度增加了两倍。这意味着，根据跌倒类型并假设所有易跌倒的老年人都佩戴髋部骨折绷带，老年人髋部骨折的发生率可降低30%至50%。
