Fall Prevention for Community-dwelling Older People
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Falls and fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults
Tuvemo Johnson, S. 2018. Falls and fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1396. 64 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0156-3. Falls are the primary cause of injuries among older adults, and accidents that result from falls can lead to personal suffering and extensive soci...
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BACKGROUND Community-dwelling older people aged 65+ years sustain falls frequently; these can result in physical injuries necessitating medical attention including emergency department care and hospitalisation. Certain health conditions and impairments have been shown to contribute independently to the risk of falling or experiencing a fall injury, suggesting that individuals with these conditi...
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of 4 common clinical balance tests and history of fall in Saudi community-dwelling older people. METHODS This retrospective study took place in the Rehabilitation Health Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University. Older people were recruited from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from September 2009 to June 2010. Four ...
متن کاملWhat factors influence community-dwelling older people’s intent to undertake multifactorial fall prevention programs?
PURPOSE To investigate previous, current, or planned participation in, and perceptions toward, multifactorial fall prevention programs such as those delivered through a falls clinic in the community setting, and to identify factors influencing older people's intent to undertake these interventions. DESIGN AND METHODS Community-dwelling people aged >70 years completed a telephone survey. Parti...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1881-3526,1881-8560
DOI: 10.2490/jjrmc.55.910