[Muscle and bone health as a risk factor of fall among the elderly. An approach to identify high-risk fallers by risk assessment].
Fall-induced hip fracture is one of the major causes rendering the elderly to be in a low ADL or bed-ridden status. Fall is not only the cause for fractures, but it lowers elderly peoples'ADL. History of fall, age, decline of motor function, orthostatic hypotension, balance deficit, dementia, drug and environmental factors were raised as possible risk factor for falls. We created a fall predicting score which consist of 21 risk factors and a history of falls. We found that the score is useful to identify high-risk fallers. It would be necessary to identify high-risk fallers early and give an appropriate individual approach.
Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine.
Reiko
R
Kikuchi
Koichi
K
Kozaki
Tetsuro
T
Nakamura
Kenji
K
Toba
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors