Why old people fall (and how to stop them)

Practical Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 158-171

  Voermans, N C ^a   Snijders, A H ^a   Schoon, Y ^a   Bloem, B R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RALOXIFENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANAMNESIS; BALANCE DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; INCONTINENCE; MIGRAINE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYPHARMACY; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING CESSATION; SYNCOPE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249901291     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.120980     Document Type: Review

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