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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...
Autores principales: | Voukelatos, Alexander, Merom, Dafna, Rissel, Chris, Sherrington, Cathie, Watson, Wendy, Waller, Karen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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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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