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There is more to life than risk avoidance – elderly people’s experiences of falls, fall-injuries and compliant flooring
Purpose: Falls are the most common cause of injury in all ages and are especially difficult to prevent among residential care residents. Compliant flooring that absorbs energy generated within the fall, has been proposed as a measure to prevent fall-injury, however little is known regarding the impl...
Autores principales: | Gustavsson, Johanna, Jernbro, Carolina, Nilson, Finn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29869973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2018.1479586 |
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