Citation

King MB, Tinetti ME. Clin. Geriatr. Med. 1996; 12(4): 745-759.

Affiliation

Geriatric Program, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8890114

Abstract

Injuries, particularly fractures, are the most serious and costly consequence of falling for older people living in the community. Rather than having a single cause, fall injuries are the result of a combination of intrinsic, situational, and environmental factors. In this article, the epidemiology of fall injuries is reviewed, the results of observational and intervention studies are discussed, and a multifactorial approach to reducing injurious falls is presented.

Language: en