title: [Clinical guidelines for the prevention of falls in elderly people].
abstract: Demographic changes in our population are focusing on the health providers to prevent or minimize functional impairments resulting from the various chronic and multiple illnesses to which the elderly are prone. Because of that, we developed strategies that can help us to take decisions in order to identify the risk factors, and to prescribe preventive and rehabilitation programs. With this background, we organized an expert team to develop this guideline with evidence based on medicine methodology, and focus on the first level treatment prescribed by the general practitioner, with the participation of the health team and the support networks.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación Siglo XXI. jmguzman@avantel.net
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: González-Carmona
authors.forename: Verónica Miriam
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: López-Roldán
authors.forename: Zoila
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Trujillo-de los Santos
authors.forename: Alvaro David
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Escobar-Rodríguez
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valeriano-Ocampo
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sosa-H
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Juárez
authors.forename: Maria del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: García-Peña
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michaus-Romero
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hernández-Leyva
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guzmán-González
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic