Exercise in the Prevention of Falls in Older People
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Sports Medicine
- Vol. 31 (6) , 427-438
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200131060-00003
Abstract
Falls are a major source of death and injury in elderly people. For example, they cause 90% of hip fractures and the current cost of hip fractures in the US is estimated to be about 10 billion...Keywords
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