Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent falls in older people: A systematic overview. The SENATOR project ONTOP series

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Rimland, Joseph M ^a   Abraha, Iosief ^a   Dell'Aquila, Giuseppina ^a   Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso ^b   Soiza, Roy ^c   Gudmusson, Adalsteinn ^d   Petrovic, Mirko ^e   O'Mahony, Denis ^f   Todd, Chris ^g   Cherubini, Antonio ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; NON PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION; NURSING CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; INDEPENDENT LIVING; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NURSING HOMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991461476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161579     Document Type: Review

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