Risk of falling in patients with a recent fracture

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Helden, Svenhjalmar ^a   Wyers, Caroline E ^b   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^b   Van Dongen, Martien C ^b   Willems, Gittie ^a   Brink, Peter R G ^a   Geusens, Piet P ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547633479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-55     Document Type: Article

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