Citation

Hagino H. Clin. Calcium 2004; 14(3): 357-363.

Affiliation

Rehabilitation Division, Tottori University Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Iyanku Journal Company)

DOI

CliCa0403357363

PMID

15576992

Abstract

Approximately 10-20% of elderly people living in the community fall each year. And 5-10% of fall incidents result in a fracture and 0-2% of them result in a hip fracture. Several risk factors of falling and fracture are clarified and many preventive intervention programmes based on these risk factors have been established and evaluated. In this paper, these risk factors are reviewed and a lifestyle for the prevention of falling and fracture is discussed.

Language: ja