@article{ref1,
title="Falling and fall risk in adult patients with severe haemophilia",
journal="Hämostaseologie",
year="2016",
author="Rehm, Hanna and Schmolders, Jan and Koob, Sebastian and Bornemann, Rahel and Goldmann, Georg and Oldenburg, Johannes and Pennekamp, Peter and Strauss, Andreas C.",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="e9-e9",
abstract="The objective of this study was to define fall rates and to identify possible fall risk factors in adult patients with severe haemophilia. PATIENTS, MATERIAL, METHODS: 147 patients with severe haemophilia A and B were evaluated using a standardized test battery consisting of demographic, medical and clinical variables and fall evaluation. <br><br>RESULTS: 41 (27.9 %) patients reported a fall in the past 12 months, 22 (53.7 %) of them more than once. Young age, subjective gait insecurity and a higher number of artificial joints seem to be risk factors for falling. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Falls seem to be a common phenomenon in patients with severe haemophilia. Fall risk screening and fall prevention should be implemented into daily practice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0720-9355",
doi="10.5482/HAMO-16-03-0009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5482/HAMO-16-03-0009"
}