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ReviewIndian journal of orthopaedics2020

Falls in Older Adults are Serious.

Raju Vaishya, Abhishek Vaish

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Review in Indian journal of orthopaedics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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172 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  14. Accidental Falls in Patients with Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: A Systematic Review.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2022
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  18. Frequency and Circumstances of Falls Events in People Living With Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Raju VaishyaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, 110076 India.
Abhishek VaishDepartment of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, 110076 India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFalls in older adults are a reasonably common occurrence and about 10% of these experience multiple falls annually. These falls may be serious and may cause significant morbidity and mortality. These can also threaten the independence of older people and may be responsible for an individual's loss of independence and socioeconomic consequences. These falls may add extra burden to the health care and to direct and indirect costs. METHODOLOGY: An extensive search of literature was done on the important data bases of PubMed, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar on this topic and all the useful information was derived from the relevant articles for this review.

resultsWe found that the falls in older individuals are often multi factorial and hence a multidisciplinary approach is required to prevent and manage these falls. The risk factors leading to the falls could be divided into extrinsic, intrinsic and situational factors. The commonest and serious injuries are to the head and fractures, due to fragility of bones. DISCUSSION: The falls in elderly are on rise and taking the shape of an epidemic. Prevention of these falls is far better than the management. Safe living environment of the elderly people helps in prevention of these falls. The management of the falls should focus on the causative factors, apart from treating the injuries caused by the falls.

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FallFracturesGeriatricsOlder adultsPreventionRisk factors

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PMID32257019
PMCPMC7093636

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