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Fall Risk Assessment Tools for Elderly Living in the Community: Can We Do Better?

BACKGROUND: Falls are a common, serious threat to the health and self-confidence of the elderly. Assessment of fall risk is an important aspect of effective fall prevention programs. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: In order to test whether it is possible to outperform current prognostic tools for falls, we...

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Autores principales: Palumbo, Pierpaolo, Palmerini, Luca, Bandinelli, Stefania, Chiari, Lorenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26716861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146247