Interventions for preventing falls in people after stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Verheyden, Geert S A F ^a,b   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^c   Pickering, Ruth M ^b   Kunkel, Dorit ^b   Lennon, Sheila ^d   Geurts, Alexander C H ^c   Ashburn, Ann ^b  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALFACALCIDOL; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; VITAMIN;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; EXERCISE; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 84891689656     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008728.pub2     Document Type: Review

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