Postadychute-AG, Detection, and Prevention of the Risk of Falling Among Elderly People in Nursing Homes: Protocol of a Multicentre and Prospective Intervention Study

Postadychute-AG, Detection, and Prevention of the Risk of Falling Among Elderly People in Nursing Homes: Protocol of a Multicentre and Prospective Intervention Study

Introduction: While falls among the elderly is a public health issue, because of the social, medical, and economic burden they represent, the tools to predict falls are limited. Posturography has been developed to distinguish fallers from non-fallers, however, there is too little data to show how pr...

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Main Authors: Flavien Quijoux, François Bertin-Hugault, Philippe Zawieja, Marie Lefèvre, Pierre-Paul Vidal, Damien Ricard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Digital Health
Subjects:
prediction
fall
elderly people
physical activity
balance quantification
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2020.604552/full

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