Fall prevention: A challenge in the strategy of fracture prevention in the elderly;Prévention de la chute: Un enjeu de taille dans la stratégie visant à prévenir les fractures chez le sujet âgé

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 5, Issue 207, 2009, Pages 1318-1324

  Trombetti, Andrea ^a   Hars, Mélany ^a   Marcant, Didier ^a   Rizzoli, René ^a   Ferrari, Serge ^a  

^a HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649861302     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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