Falls in elderly people. Diagnosis and treatment;Stürze älterer menschen: Diagnostik und therapie

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 880-883

  Von Renteln Kruse, W ^a,b  

^a Medizinisch Geriatrische Klinik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYNCOPE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1942468573     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823034     Document Type: Review

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