Are multifactorial and multiple component interventions effective in preventing falls in older people living in the community? A cochrane review summary with commentary

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-3

  Fusco, Augusto ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochrane Review Summary; Elderly; Exercise; Falls; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY DWELLING PERSON; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALLING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; NOTE; REHABILITATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; UNCERTAINTY; INDEPENDENT LIVING; KINESIOTHERAPY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING;

EID: 85062587223     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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