Interventions to prevent falls in older adults: Updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 319, Issue 16, 2018, Pages 1705-1716

  Guirguis Blake, Janelle M ^a   Michael, Yvonne L ^b   Perdue, Leslie A ^a   Coppola, Erin L ^a   Beil, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INDEPENDENT LIVING; KINESIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 85046083511     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.21962     Document Type: Article

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