@article{ref1,
title="Fall-related injuries in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease",
journal="European journal of neurology",
year="2000",
author="Imamura, Tomohiko and Hirono, N. and Hashimoto, M. and Kazui, H. and Tanimukai, S. and Hanihara, T. and Takahara, A. and Mori, E.",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="77-79",
abstract="Repeated falls are reported as one of the clinical characteristics in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). We examined the incidence of fall-related injuries in 561 dementia patients with various clinical diagnoses, including DLB and Alzheimer's disease (AD), in a ward established for dementia research. The incidence of fall-related injuries was significantly higher in DLB patients (10.7%) than in AD patients (1.1%) (P < 0.001). The high incidence in those patients with DLB cannot be attributed to Parkinsonism because none of the DLB patients with injuries showed extrapyramidal sign. Our observations suggest that patients with a clinical diagnosis of DLB have a high risk of fall-related injuries, even though they do not show Parkinsonism. An appropriate clinical discrimination between DLB and AD is recommended to manage and prevent fall-related injuries.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1351-5101",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}