ArticleAmerican journal of public health2005
Fall-induced deaths among elderly people.
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- The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes on fall induced injuries in community dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2013Pooled it
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- Study protocol for prevention of falls: a randomized controlled trial of effects of vitamin D and exercise on falls prevention.BMC geriatrics · 2012Trial
- Limits of recovery against slip-induced falls while walking.Journal of biomechanics · 2011Trial
- Facilitating skilled right hand motor function in older subjects by anodal polarization over the left primary motor cortex.Neurobiology of aging · 2010Trial
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- Effectiveness and improving program adherence among the older adults through competitive health promotion activities.BMC research notes · 2026Article
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- Relationship Between Depression and Falls Among Nursing Home Residents: Integrative Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Review
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- Characteristics of falls among older hip fracture patients from six Chinese hospitals: a post-hoc descriptive analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- An Indoor Fall Monitoring System: Robust, Multistatic Radar Sensing and Explainable, Feature-Resonated Deep Neural Network.IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics · 2023Article
- Trauma-related falls in an urban geriatric population: predictive risk factors for poorer clinical outcomes.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- Comparison of Physical Function among Elderly Japanese Women with and without Low Bone Mass and Low Muscle Mass: A Cross-Sectional Study of Older Women Who Engage in Regular Physical Activity.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of a personalised care plan for the elderly calling emergency medical services after a fall at home: The RISING-DOM multi-centre randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Relationship between proprioception and balance control among Chinese senior older adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Polypharmacy in Older People With Heart Failure: Roles of the Geriatrician and Pharmacist.Cardiac failure review · 2022Review
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Abstract
Falls and fall-induced injuries in older people are a major public health problem in modern societies with aging populations. Injury is the fifth leading cause of death in older adults, and most of these fatal injuries are related to falls. We have assessed the nationwide trends in fall-induced deaths of older people in Finland for more than 3 decades (1971-2002), and the results showed that the number of fall-induced deaths among elderly Finns is clearly increasing, especially among men.
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