The effect of walking on falls in older people: the 'Easy Steps to Health' randomized controlled trial study protocol

BACKGROUND: Falls in older people continue to be a major public health issue in industrialized countries. Extensive research into falls prevention has identified exercise as a proven fall prevention strategy. However, despite over a decade of promoting physical activity, hospitalisation rates due to...

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Autores principales: Voukelatos, Alexander, Merom, Dafna, Rissel, Chris, Sherrington, Cathie, Watson, Wendy, Waller, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22115340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-888

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22115340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-888

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