Risk factors for fracture following a fall among older people in residential care facilities in Australia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2020-2026

  Chen, Jian Sheng ^a,b   Simpson, Judy M ^c   March, Lyn M ^b   Cameron, Ian D ^b   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^d   Seibel, Markus J ^b   Sambrook, Philip N ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Fractures; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE FRAGILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55349116718     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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