Table 1.

Manufacturer, general design approach, and geometric variables measured from 26 hip protectors.

Hip protector name	Company	Materialtype	Geometrytypea	Height (mm)	Width (mm)	Thickpad (mm)	Thickwearing (mm)	Volume (mm3)
Alimed® Hip Shield	AliMed®	Soft	Y	170	190	14	14	452,200
Anatech	Anatech	Soft	Y	160	210	13.5	14	453,600
Bort	Bort Medical	Soft	Y	170	150	15	19	382,500
Caresse	Remploy Healthcare	Hard	Y	230	140	22	22	708,400
ComfiHips™	ComfiHips LLC	Soft	Y	195	145	17.5	17	494,813
FallGard	FallGard	Soft	Y	175	120	17.5	19	367,500
Hip Guard	HipGuard™ Ltd.	Hard	N	155	165	20.4	19	521,730
Hip Shield	Promedics	Soft	Y	200	150	16	17	480,000
HipEase	Patterson Medical/Sammons Preston	Soft	Y	170	150	32	31	816,000
HIPS	Qvortrup Medical A/S	Hard	N	160	110	5	25	88,000
Hipsaver®	Hipsaver®	Soft	Y	220	200	18	19	792,000
Hornsby Comfy Hip	Hornsby Comfy Hips Pty Ltd	Soft	Y	195	165	18	21	579,150
Impactwear® -Flexible	Impactwear	Soft	Y	155	120	16	19	297,600
KPH®	Medlogics	Hard	N	190	95	15	31	270,750
LYDS	Comfortable	Soft	Y	205	135	6.5	7	179,888
Pelican Super Soft	Pelican Manufacturing PTY LTD	Soft	Y	170	160	21	22	571,200
Pelican Washable	Pelican Manufacturing PTY LTD	Soft	Y	160	150	17	18	408,000
Pelican 179P	Pelican Manufacturing PTY LTD	Soft	Y	155	140	23	24	499,100
Posey Heavy Duty	J.T. Posey company	Soft	Y	170	140	14.5	14	345,100
Posey Regular	J.T. Posey company	Soft	Y	165	140	13	13	300,300
ProtectaHip+Plus®	Plum Enterprises INC	Soft	Y	180	180	18	20	583,200
ProtectaHip®	Plum Enterprises INC	Soft	Y	180	180	14.5	16	469,800
Safehip® Air-X™	TYTEX A/S	Soft	N	210	185	16	16	621,600
Safehip® Classic	TYTEX A/S	Hard	N	160	115	8.6	24	158,240
Secure	Personal Safety Corporation	Soft	Y	165	145	16	16	382,800
WonderHip™	Vital Base AS	Soft	Y	193	137	15	16	396,615

^aGeometry_type indicates whether the protector touches (Y) or does not touch (N) the skin directly overlying the greater trochanter.