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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
2003
Falls
Thomas D, Edelberg H, Tinetti M. Falls. 2003, 979-994. DOI: 10.1007/0-387-22621-4_67.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFall prevention programMajority of fallsRisk of fallsNursing home residentsSingle disease processConsiderable morbiditySerious morbidityExercise programRisk factorsHome residentsParkinson's diseaseDisease processActivity restrictionPrevention programsOlder individualsCareful assessmentSerious injuriesCommon eventMorbidityFallersRiskInjuryDiseaseIntrinsic eventsRecent studies