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

• Main Authors: Flavien Quijoux (Author), François Bertin-Hugault (Author), Philippe Zawieja (Author), Marie Lefèvre (Author), Pierre-Paul Vidal (Author), Damien Ricard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...