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Fall Prevention Strategy For Your Patients

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Testing The Anterior Fall Envelope for Balance While standing upright with your arms at your sides, gradually lean forward as far as possible while keeping your hips and spine straight. Measure the final degree of forward lean from a neutral standing posture. Am J Public Health 1992;82:1020–3. Mickle, K, et al., 2009;24:787-791.

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Osteoporosis: The unseen problem of fragile bones

Musculoskeletal Australia

to treat rheumatoid arthritis or asthma), some chemotherapy drugs, epilepsy drugs, and proton pump inhibitors Other health conditions including rheumatoid arthritis , coeliac disease , inflammatory bowel diseases , and diabetes. This can cause pain from a fracture – for example, breaking the wrist or hip after a fall.

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