Effectiveness of a multifactorial falls prevention program in community-dwelling older people when compared to usual care: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (Prevquedas Brazil)

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De Negreiros Cabral, Kelem ^a   Perracini, Monica Rodrigues ^b,c   Soares, Aline Thomaz ^a   De Cristo Stein, Francine ^a   Sera, Celisa Tiemi Nakagawa ^a   Tiedemann, Anne ^c   Sherrington, Cathie ^c   Filho, Wilson Jacob ^a   Paschoal, Sérgio Márcio Pacheco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Clinical trial; Education; Exercise

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CAUSALITY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874940867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-27     Document Type: Article

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