Study design of a multifactorial intervention trial to reduce proximal femoral fractures in institutionalized elderly;Effektivitat einer multifaktoriellen Intervention zur Reduktion yon Sturzen mit proximalen Femurfrakturen in Alten- und Pflegeheimen

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-297

  Becker, C ^a   Walter Jung, B ^a   Scapan, K ^a   Kron, M ^b   Nikolaus, T ^a  

^a Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractures; Hip protectors; Intervention studies; Nursing home; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031181832     PISSN: 0044281X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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