Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Sherrington, Catherine ^a   Tiedemann, Anne ^a   Fairhall, Nicola J ^a   Hopewell, Sally ^b   Michaleff, Zoe A ^a   Howard, Kirsten ^c   Clemson, Lindy ^d   Lamb, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN BRUISING; SPRAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84994495715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012424     Document Type: Article

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