Community-based interventions to reduce falls among older adults in Taiwan - long time follow-up randomised controlled study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 959-968

  Huang, Hui Chi ^a   Liu, Chieh Yu ^a   Huang, Yu Tai ^b   Kernohan, W George ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Education; Falls; Older people; Risk assessment; Tai Chi Chuan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAI CHI; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAI JI; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955951704     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02834.x     Document Type: Article

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