Digital mobility outcomes to describe real-world walking during recovery from a hip fracture: the Mobilise-D perspective

Aim: To describe digital mobility outcomes in a sample of home-dwelling participants with a hip fracture at different phases of recovery (within 1 year from surgery) Findings: Overall, 90% of the 564 participants recruited had valid digital mobility assessment, indicating that this approach is highly feasible in this group. The amount (e.g., number of steps), pace (e.g., walking speed), and pattern (bout distribution) domains of the digital mobility assessment showed large differences across phases. Message: The observed variation in walking amount and pace and pattern across recovery phases indicate that digital mobility outcomes can provide an in-depth analysis of real-world mobility of hip fracture survivors.