• especially the elderly are affected by bone loss

  (osteoporosis)

• the risk of a femoral neck fracture caused by a fall

  increases with age

• hip protectors can reduce the risk of a fracture

  from a fall

• advanced safety comfort protectors

• effective protection for the femoral neck in case of a fall 

• wearing comfort and body protection function

  combined by the ergonomic design

• a lot of freedom of movement without pressure sores

  and chafe marks

• hardly noticeable due to low total weight

• can be worn day and night

• intelligent damping system reacts to different strains

• re-usability after falls: protector returns to its original

  state after removal of strain

• about one third of people over the age of 65 years falls

  at least once a year

• possible consequences of a fall can be femoral neck

  fractures

• hip protectors can prevent fractures from falls

• target: information about the acceptance of

  viscoelastic hip protectors

• participants: 56 subjects between the age of 55 and

  101 years from six different institutions

• time frame: from 2-26-2008 to 09-19-2008

• participants’ overall wearing acceptance: 76,8%

• wearing acceptance of patients with dementia: 84,7%

• wearing time of participants that accepted the

  protectors: 65% during the day and 35% at night

• acceptance of viscoelastic hip protection systems

  can be classed as high