Screening tool to assess the risk of falling

Some of our capacities and functional mechanisms tend to become impaired with aging. What kind of impact can a fall have on someone's life? Falls have major consequences over time and may even lead to institutionalization or death. They carry lots of costs on treatment, not only for the one tha...

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Main Author: Alcino João Silva de Sousa (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/106085
Country:Portugal
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