Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce Falls in Older People at High Risk of Recurrent Falls
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Multifactorial intervention to reduce falls in older people at high risk of recurrent falls: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Falls occur frequently in older people and strongly affect quality of life. Guidelines recommend multifactorial, targeted fall prevention. We evaluated the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention in older persons with a high risk of recurrent falls. METHODS A randomized controlled trial was conducted from April 3, 2005, to July 21, 2008, at the geriatric outpatient clinic of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.169