The Efficacy of a Multidisciplinary Falls Prevention Clinic With an Extended Step-Down Community Program

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1329-1334

  Sze, Pan Ching ^a   Cheung, Wing Hoi ^a   Lam, Pui Sze ^a   Lo, Hip Shing Dominic ^a   Leung, Kwok Sui ^a   Chan, Tan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Elderly; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849123919     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.044     Document Type: Article

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