Introducción: en los pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados los principales factores de riesgo
de caída son la edad menor a tres años, el tratamiento farmacológico con medicamentos …

Introduction The geriatrician and orthopedic surgeon's roles are well defined in hip fracture
management, yet other health-care providers contribute significantly toward care, as well as …

This Campbell systematic review assesses the effectiveness of home visits in preventing
impairment, institutionalization, and death in older adults, as well as identifying factors that …

Sarcopenia, an age-related loss of muscle mass and power, has recently been recognized
as a disease. It has been included in the 10th edition of the ICD-10 (the International …

OBJECTIVES: The fall risk profile developed in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
(LASA) identifies community-dwelling elderly at high risk for recurrent falling. This study …

Executive Summary In early August 2007, the Medical Advisory Secretariat began work on
the Aging in the Community project, an evidence-based review of the literature surrounding …

Methods: A Conditional Logistic Regression was performed to analyze the impact that 13
types of FRIDs individually and the number of administrated FRIDs had on the risk of falling …

Samenvatting Peeters G, Elders P, Lips P, Deeg DJH. Snelle inschatting van de kans op
herhaald vallen bij ouderen. Huisarts Wet 2011; 54 (4): 186–91;. ACHTERGROND Dertig …

Bulut Doğan, Z. Huzurevinde ve evde yaşayan yaşlılarda düşme ile ilişkili risk faktörleri.
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Programı …

Background: In Sweden the majority of very old people are healthy, and able to live in their
own homes and manage without any assistance from their local authorities. However, many …