[Clinical guidelines for the prevention of falls in elderly people].
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.
González-Carmona
Beatriz
B
Unidad de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación Siglo XXI. jmguzman@avantel.net
López-Roldán
Verónica Miriam
VM
Trujillo-de los Santos
Zoila
Z
Escobar-Rodríguez
Alvaro David
AD
Valeriano-Ocampo
José
J
Sosa-H
José Manuel
JM
García-Juárez
Alicia
A
García-Peña
Maria del Carmen
Mdel C
Michaus-Romero
Francisco
F
Hernández-Leyva
Blanca
B
Guzmán-González
Juan Manuel
JM
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic