The ‘Ossébo’ intervention for the prevention of injurious falls in elderly women: Background and design

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-93

  Dargent Molina, Patricia ^a,b   Khoury, Fabienne El ^c   Cassou, Bernard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c Île de France Ouest University Paris   (France)

^d Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

elderly; physical activity; prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ELDERLY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893506797     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913483341     Document Type: Article

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