@article{ref1,
title="Interventions to prevent falls in older adults",
journal="JAMA journal of the American Medical Association",
year="2018",
author="Lee, Young Ho and Song, Gwan Gyu",
volume="319",
number="13",
pages="1382-1382",
abstract="<p>Dr Tricco and colleagues [JAMA. 2017;318(17):1687-1699. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.15006] compared interventions for preventing falls in older adults. The systematic review and network meta-analysis demonstrated that exercise alone and various combined interventions were associated with lower risk of injurious falls compared with usual care. Some methodological issues deserve comment.  First, exercise is a broadly defined concept because it is a heterogeneous physical activity with respect to type, intensity, and frequency. Exercise was classified as one of the categories of intervention in the network meta-analysis, but it was not clarified what exercise was effective for preventing falls among older adults...</p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0098-7484",
doi="10.1001/jama.2018.0204",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.0204"
}