Intervention to prevent falls in elderly adults living in a residential home

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1426-1427

  Tuunainen, Eeva ^a   Jäntti, Pirkko ^b   Pyykko, Ilmari ^a   Rasku, Jyrki ^a   Moisio Vilenius, Päivi ^c   Mäkinen, Erja ^c   Toppila, Esko ^d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Koukkuniemi Residential Home   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VERTIGO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84882288213     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12395     Document Type: Letter

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