Assessment and Management of Fall Risk in Primary Care Settings

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 281-293

  Phelan, Elizabeth A ^a   Mahoney, Jane E ^b   Voit, Jan C ^a   Stevens, Judy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Community health services; Preventive health services organization and administration; Primary prevention; Risk assessment and management; Secondary prevention; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THYROTROPIN;

BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION DISORDERS; STANDARDS; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84924962034     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.004     Document Type: Review

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