Falls and fall-related injury are common in older people with chronic liver disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2697-2702

  Frith, James ^a   Kerr, Simon ^a   Robinson, Lisa ^a   Elliott, Chris S ^a   Wilton, Katharine ^a   Jones, David E J ^a   Day, Christopher P ^a   Newton, Julia L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Falls; Injury; Multidisciplinary; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIZZINESS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867847253     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2193-5     Document Type: Article

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