Table 1 .

Articles retrieved from the electronic database searches

First author, date, reference number	Country	Fracture sites	Participants	Age	Gender	Sample size	Study design	Setting
Brown 2019 [15]	Australia	Lower limb and multi-trauma	Orthopaedic patients admitted with weight-bearing restrictions after lower limb fracture	Mean 71	31% male	111	Retrospective 24 month observational study	Hospital (level 4 subacute rehabilitation facility)
Gitajn 2018 [16]	USA	Lower limb	Older adults admitted with lower extremity orthopaedic injuries	≥65	48% male	1746	Retrospective 120 month observational study	Hospital (level 1 trauma centre)
Ibrahim 2019 [17]	Malaysia	Lower body	Adults	≥50 (69.62 mean ± 10.68, n = 57 ≥ 65,	38% male	89	Prospective 24 month observational study	Hospital (orthopaedic wards at ×2 hospitals/sites
Strauss 2007 [18]	USA	Ankle	Geriatric patients	n/a	n/a	n/a	Non-systematic review	Not specified
Hoffmeyer 2019 [19]	Switzerland	Pelvic ring and lower limbs	Older patients	n/a	n/a	n/a	Non-systematic review	Not specified
Rammelt 2016 [20]	Germany	Ankle	Older patients	n/a	n/a	n/a	Non-systematic review	Not specified
Horner 2020 [21]	UK	Lower limb	Adult patients with lower limb immobilisation	n/a	n/a	n/a	Non-systematic review	Hospital
Kadakia 2017 [22]	USA and Israel	Ankle	Geriatric patients	n/a	n/a	n/a	Non-systematic review	Not specified
Hickey 2018 [23]	UK	Foot and ankle	Adult patients with below knee cast treatment	n/a	n/a	n/a	Systematic review and meta-analysis	Hospital and community
Mitchell 2011 [24]	UK	Lower limb	Older patients with fragility fractures	≥50	n/a	n/a	Invited opinion paper	Hospital—Fracture Liaison Service (FLS).
Swart 2015 [7]	USA	Ankle	Non-weight bearing patients	n/a	n/a	n/a	Cross-sectional expert opinion survey	Hospital