Associations Between Upper Extremity Activity Capacity and Strength and Post-Operative Ambulation After Geriatric Hip Fracture: A Prospective Controlled Study.

: This study aimed to investigate the effect of upper extremity activity capacity and hand grip strength on early post-operative ambulation in geriatric patients undergoing hip arthroplasty for hip fracture. : This study included patients over 70 years of age who underwent cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty for geriatric femoral neck fracture to form a homogeneous cohort. This prospective study was terminated when the number of patients reached 102 after power analysis.