Interventions for preventing falls in people with multiple sclerosis.

Hayes, Sara; Kennedy, Catriona; Galvin, Rose; Finlayson, Marcia; McGuigan, Christopher; Walsh, Cathal D.; Coote, Susan

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The aim of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce the rate of falls in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Specific objectives include comparing the effectiveness of single, multiple and multifactorial interventions designed to reduce the rate of falls in people with MS.

Citation

HAYES, S., KENNEDY, C., GALVIN, R., FINLAYSON, M., MCGUIGAN, C., WALSH, C.D. and COOTE, S. 2017. Interventions for preventing falls in people with multiple sclerosis. [Protocol]. Cochrane database of systematic reviews [online], 2017(1), article number CD012475. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012475

• Other Type: Protocol
• Online Publication Date: Jan 6, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 10, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 7, 2018
• Print ISSN: 1469-493X
• Publisher: Wiley
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012475
• Keywords: Multiple sclerosis (MS); Central nervous system; Falls; Systematic review; Balance; Dysfunction; Mobility aid; Cognitive dysfunction; Progressive MS subtype
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2205
• Contract Date: Mar 10, 2017