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Can cognitive enhancers reduce the risk of falls in older people with Mild Cognitive Impairment? A protocol for a randomised controlled double blind trial

BACKGROUND: Older adults with cognitive problems have a higher risk of falls, at least twice that of cognitively normal older adults. The consequences of falls in this population are very serious: fallers with cognitive problems suffer more injuries due to falls and are approximately five times more...

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Autores principales: Montero-Odasso, Manuel, Wells, Jennie L, Borrie, Michael J, Speechley, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3224736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19674471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-9-42