title: Falls risk factors: assessment and management to prevent falls and fractures.
abstract: Falls and fragility fractures are common, dangerous, and important public health challenges. They are best understood as geriatric syndromes with close relation to frailty and other aging-related health problems. They are associated with many risk factors, in all health domains - physical, psychological, social, and environmental. At a population level, the challenge is to improve the health and well-being of all older people to reduce the incidence of falls. At a clinical level, the challenge is to assess the individual risk factors and apply evidence-based individually tailored, multifactorial interventions. The most powerful component is strength-and-balance exercise training.
authors.affiliation: Consultant Geriatrician.
authors.forename: Finbarr C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002491:Central Nervous System Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000150:complications; D015897:Comorbidity; D004244:Dizziness / Q000150:complications; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000150:complications; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D055070:Resistance Training; D012307:Risk Factors; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D002491:Central Nervous System Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs