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Fall risk in an active elderly population – can it be assessed?

BACKGROUND: Falls amongst elderly people are often associated with fractures. Training of balance and physical performance can reduce fall risk; however, it remains a challenge to identify individuals at increased risk of falling to whom this training should be offered. It is believed that fall risk...

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Autores principales: Laessoe, Uffe, Hoeck, Hans C, Simonsen, Ole, Sinkjaer, Thomas, Voigt, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17257414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5751-6-2