WITHDRAWN: Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Approximately 30 per cent of people over 65 years of age and living in the community fall each year; the number is higher in institutions. Although less than one fall in 10 results in a fracture, a fifth of fall incidents require medical attention. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of interventions designed to reduce the incidence of falls in elderly people (living in the community, or in institutional or hospital care). SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and M...

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Authors: Gillespie, L; Gillespie, W; Robertson, M; Lamb, S; Cumming, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Issue: 2
• Pages: CD000340
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000340.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Accidents, Home; Aged; Exercise; Accidental Falls; Humans; Environment Design; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Patient Education as Topic