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- Title
Prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET): a randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Close, J; Ellis, M; Hooper, R; Glucksman, E; Jackson, S; Swift, C
- Abstract
Falls in elderly people are a common presenting complaint to accident and emergency departments. Current practice commonly focuses on the injury, with little systematic assessment of the underlying cause, functional consequences, and possibilities for future prevention. We undertook a randomised controlled study to assess the benefit of a structured inderdisciplinary assessment of people who have fallen in terms of further falls.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 353, Issue 9147, p93
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06119-4