A simple protocol for preventing falls and fractures in elderly individuals with musculoskeletal disease

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-619

  Kita, K ^a,c   Hujino, K ^a   Nasu, T ^a   Kawahara, K ^b   Sunami, Y ^a  

^a Japan Aluminium Association   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Asagiri KM Building 3F   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balance; Exercise; Fall prevention; Fracture prevention; Musculoskeletal disease; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047092775     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0288-6     Document Type: Article

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