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A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community
Tinetti M, Baker D, McAvay G, Claus E, Garrett P, Gottschalk M, Koch M, Trainor K, Horwitz R. A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community. New England Journal Of Medicine 1994, 331: 821-827. PMID: 8078528, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199409293311301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsIntervention groupControl groupPrescription medicationsAdjusted incidence rate ratioTargeted risk factorsUsual health careElderly peopleRisk factor modificationIncidence rate ratiosUse of sedativesTime of reassessmentYears of ageParticular risk factorsRange of motionProportion of personsPostural hypotensionMultifactorial interventionSerious morbidityExercise programGait impairmentBalance impairmentLeg strengthElderly personsMedications
1996
Does Multiple Risk Factor Reduction Explain the Reduction in Fall Rate in the Yale FICSIT Trial?
Tinetti M, McAvay G, Claus E. Does Multiple Risk Factor Reduction Explain the Reduction in Fall Rate in the Yale FICSIT Trial? American Journal Of Epidemiology 1996, 144: 389-399. PMID: 8712196, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factor reductionPostural blood pressure changesBlood pressure changesFall rateFactor reductionMultiple risk factor reductionCommunity-living older personsStudied risk factorsLower fall ratesGreater risk reductionFICSIT TrialsBorderline significanceIntervention groupRisk factorsFall preventionSV groupControl groupOlder personsStep lengthTertileToilet transferPressure changesChange scoresTreatment effectsRisk reduction