Effects of a complex intervention on fall risk in the general practitioner setting: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1079-1088

  Freiberger, Ellen ^a   Blank, Wolfgang A ^b   Salb, Johannes ^a   Geilhof, Barbara ^b   Hentschke, Christian ^a   Landendoerfer, Peter ^b   Halle, Martin ^b   Siegrist, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex exercise intervention; Functional declined community dwelling older persons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; FALLING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84882778065     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S46218     Document Type: Article

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