Injuries from falls by older adults in long-term care captured on video: Prevalence of impacts and injuries to body parts

BACKGROUND: Falls are the leading cause of injuries in older adults. However, most falls in older adults do not cause serious injury, suggesting that older adults may fall in a manner that reduces the likelihood of impact to body sites that are most vulnerable to injury. In this observational study...

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Autores principales: Komisar, Vicki, Dojnov, Aleksandra, Yang, Yijian, Shishov, Nataliya, Chong, Helen, Yu, Ying, Bercovitz, Ian, Cusimano, Michael D., Becker, Clemens, Mackey, Dawn C., Robinovitch, Stephen N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9019961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35439948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03041-3

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