Modelling the population-level impact of tai-chi on falls and fall-related injury among community-dwelling older people

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Day, Lesley ^a   Finch, Caroline F ^b   Harrison, James E ^c   Hoareau, Effie ^a   Segal, Leonie ^d   Ullah, Shahid ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TAI CHI;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAI JI;

EID: 77958081774     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025452     Document Type: Article

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