A MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH TO REDUCING INJURIOUS FALLS

Authors
KING MB TINETTI ME
Citation
Mb. King et Me. Tinetti, A MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH TO REDUCING INJURIOUS FALLS, Clinics in geriatric medicine, 12(4), 1996, pp. 745
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Clinics in geriatric medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490690
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0690(1996)12:4<745:AMATRI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Injuries, particularly fractures, are the most serious and costly cons equence of falling for older people living in the community. Rather th an having a single cause, fall injuries are the result of a combinatio n of intrinsic, situational, and environmental factors. In this articl e, the epidemiology of fall injuries is reviewed, the results of obser vational and intervention studies are discussed, and a multifactorial approach to reducing injurious falls is presented.