title: Falling and fall risk in adult patients with severe haemophilia.
abstract: The objective of this study was to define fall rates and to identify possible fall risk factors in adult patients with severe haemophilia.
  
  
  METHODS
  147 patients with severe haemophilia A and B were evaluated using a standardized test battery consisting of demographic, medical and clinical variables and fall evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  41 (27.9 %) patients reported a fall in the past 12 months, 22 (53.7 %) of them more than once. Young age, subjective gait insecurity and a higher number of artificial joints seem to be risk factors for falling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Falls seem to be a common phenomenon in patients with severe haemophilia. Fall risk screening and fall prevention should be implemented into daily practice.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rehm
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmolders
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koob
authors.forename: Rahel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bornemann
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goldmann
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oldenburg
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pennekamp
authors.affiliation: Andreas C. Strauss, MD Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany, Tel. +49/(0)228287/14170, Fax +49/(0)288287/14175, E-mail: andreas.strauss@ukb.uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: Andreas C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution
keywords: adult; fall risk; haemophilia