Falls

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/falls.html

From the National Institutes of Health
• Preventing Falls and Fractures (National Institute on Aging) - http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/falls.asp

Overviews
• Don't Let a Fall Be Your Last Trip (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=74&topcategory;=Prevent%20Falls&all;=all
• Why Do We Fall? (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery) - http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/balance/fall.cfm

Specific Conditions
• Falls and Related Fractures (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center) - http://www.osteo.org/newfile.asp?doc=r613i&doctitle;=Falls+and+Related+Fractures%3A+The+Risk+of+Undiagnosed+Osteoporosis&doctype;=HTML+Fact+Sheet
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.osteo.org/newfile.asp?doc=r613si&doctitle;=Las++ca%EDdas+y+las+fracturas+asociadas%3A+el+riesgo+de+no+diagnosticar+osteoporosis+%28Falls+%26+Related+Fractures%3A+The+Risk+of+Undiagnosed+Osteoporosis%29&doctype;=HTML+Fact+Sheet
• Footwear and Falls (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=83&topcategory;=Foot
• Getting Up from a Fall (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=11&topcategory;=Prevent%20Falls
• What You Need to Know about Balance and Falls (American Physical Therapy Association) - http://www.apta.org/Consumer/ptandyourbody/balance_and_falls

Prevention/Screening
• Falls: Reduce Your Risk (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00657
• Prevent Falls! (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=102&topcategory;=Hip&all;=all
• Preventing the Fall: Designs on Building Safe Homes for the Elderly (National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/issues/ifalls/falfalls.htm
• Tai Chi May Combat Seniors' Fear of Falling (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) - http://www.aapmr.org/condtreat/injuries/falls.htm

Organizations
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - http://www.aaos.org/
• National Institute on Aging - http://www.nia.nih.gov/

Statistics
• Costs of Fall Injuries among Older Adults (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/fallcost.htm
• Falls and Hip Fractures among Older Adults (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/falls.htm
• Falls in Nursing Homes (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nursing.htm

Children
• Keeping Kids Safe from Home Falls (National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/kidfalls.htm
• Protecting Children from Window Falls (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/breaking_news/window_falls.html

Seniors
• Check for Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist for Older Adults (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/Check%20for%20SafetyCOLOR.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/spanish/check_for_safety.pdf
• Falls and Balance Problems (American Geriatrics Society) - http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/pef/falls_and_balance_problems.php

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Injuries - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuries.html
• Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safety.html
• Seniors' Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html

Page last updated: 20 September 2004
Topic last reviewed: 05 May 2004