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. 2011 Oct 20;63(4):490. doi: 10.3138/physio.63.4.490

What Does the Cochrane Collaboration Say about Preventing Falls and Injuries?

PMCID: PMC3207989  PMID: 22942527

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Crotty M, Unroe K, Cameron ID, et al. Rehabilitation interventions for improving physical and psychosocial functioning after hip fracture in older people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010;(1):CD007624. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007624.pub3 Medline:20091644

Dinh-Zarr TB, Goss CW, Heitman E, et al. Interventions for preventing injuries in problem drinkers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(3):CD001857. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001857.pub2 Medline:15266456

Gillespie WJ, Gillespie LD, Parker MJ. Hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in older people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010;(10):CD001255. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001255.pub4 Medline:20927724

Gillespie LD, Gillespie WJ, Robertson MC, et al. WITHDRAWN: Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009;(2):CD000340. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000340.pub2 Medline:19370556

Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, et al. Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009;(2):CD007146. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007146.pub2 Medline:19370674

Kendrick D, Coupland C, Mulvaney C, et al. Home safety education and provision of safety equipment for injury prevention. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(1):CD005014. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005014.pub2 Medline:17253536

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McClure RJ, Turner C, Peel N, et al. Population-based interventions for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005;(1):CD004441. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004441.pub2 Medline:15674948

Möhler R, Richter T, Köpke S, et al. Interventions for preventing and reducing the use of physical restraints in long-term geriatric care. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;(2):CD007546. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007546.pub2 Medline:21328295

de Morton NA, Keating JL, Jeffs K. Exercise for acutely hospitalised older medical patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(1):CD005955. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005955.pub2 Medline:17253572

Shepperd S, McClaran J, Phillips CO, et al. Discharge planning from hospital to home. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010;(1):CD000313. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000313.pub3 Medline:20091507

Smeeth LL, Iliffe S. Community screening for visual impairment in the elderly. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006;3(3):CD001054. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001054.pub2 Medline:16855956

Thompson DC, Rivara FP, Thompson R. Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD001855. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001855 Medline:10796827

Turner S, Arthur G, Lyons RA, et al. Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;(2):CD003600. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003600.pub3 Medline:21328262

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of health care interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. For more information, visit www.cochranecollaboration.org.


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