Emotional stress as a trigger of falls leading to hip or pelvic fracture. Results from the ToFa study - A case-crossover study among elderly people in Stockholm, Sweden

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Möller, Jette ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,b   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Mattsson, Fredrik ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a   Sadigh, Siv ^a   Engström, Karin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 61449241083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-7     Document Type: Review

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