Anne Shumway-Cook, PT, PhD, recently was quoted in a Seattle Times article on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of which fall prevention strategies work best for older adults.
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Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), 1950–, British princess, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. She was educated at Benenden School. Shumway-Cook, PT, PhD, recently was quoted in a Seattle Times article on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice.
CDC - Control Data Corporation ) study of which fall prevention strategies work best for older adults. "Falls are not an inevitable consequence of aging," says Cook, a senior consultant on the CDC project and a University of Washington professor of physical therapy. "Falls are often both predictable and preventable."
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