Increasing awareness of the factors producing falls: The mini falls assessment

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-90

  Morley, John E ^a   Rolland, Yves ^b   Tolson, Debbie ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gerontopole   (France)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ANEMIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GAIT; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LACERATION; MALNUTRITION; MINI FALLS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLYPHARMACY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STOMACH EMPTYING; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84856118732     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.11.002     Document Type: Editorial

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