TY - JOUR
AU1 - Khan, K M
AU2 - Liu-Ambrose, T
AU3 - Donaldson, M G
AU4 - McKay, H A
AB - 144 Br J Sports Med 2001;35:144–145 Leaders Physical activity to prevent falls in older people: time to intervene in high risk groups using falls as an outcome Fall related injuries and the resulting deaths in older adults Fall recovery refers to the ability to avoid falling after trip- 1–3 17 are a major, and increasing, health problem world wide. ping or stumbling. The rationale behind strategies of fall- About 30% of people over 65 years of age fall at least once ing arose from data showing that hip fractures are usually 134 5 a year, and about half of these do so recurrently. A fall the result of falls on to the greater trochanter region. Thus, may result in a fracture, particularly in an older person, and if people can learn to fall in a way that avoids this contact, about 90% of hip fractures result from falls. The outcome a hip fracture may be prevented. Acting on the notion that of a hip fracture is fatal in 12–20% of cases. The annual not all falls can be prevented, however, Finnish sports cost of fall related fractures in the United States is medicine researchers recently reported in the New 
TI - Physical activity to prevent falls in older people: time to intervene in high risk groups using falls as an outcome
JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine
DO - 10.1136/bjsm.35.3.144
DA - 2001-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/british-medical-journal/physical-activity-to-prevent-falls-in-older-people-time-to-intervene-iJFIRvV8vF
SP - 144
EP - 145
VL - 35
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -