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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 21 Syndrome in elderly falls Of: Zhang Honglin Chen Zhengcui Songyue Tao Wang Tak Wah Shan Yu Jia [Keywords] elderly, falls Fall is sudden, involuntary, non-random drop-down body position changes and the state. The World Health Organization released in 1992 lt;”International Classification of Diseases (10th Editiongt;gt; (ICD10 will fall classified as: from a plane Another plane to fall, the same plane falls. into old age, due to physical causes such as hypothyroidism or diseases, the elderly prone to falls, and often have serious consequences. elderly not only caused the fall syndrome patients and families pain, also increased the burden on medical institutions and society, health of the elderly has become a serious prejudice to public health problems, on the existing health care system poses a severe challenge to (1.) An incidence of falls among the elderly The elderly due to falls and injury falls within the scope in the world are very common. Fallers, the average age was 63.4 years (range, 17 to 96 years (2) .35% ~ 40% of the elderly living in the community (gt; = 65 years old fell at least 1 year, 50% in the hospital or the elderly living in nursing homes fall at least 1 year, and about 50% of which will be repeated falls (3,4). fall incidence increased with increasing age 80 people over the age of 50%, after falls in older people over the age of 90 caused the most serious injury and disability (5) .75 women over the age of injury of falling 2 times the probability of a male (4), but the mortality men than women, and increases with age (6). It should be noted that these data are likely to underestimate the seriousness of the problem, as many fall events experienced by the elderly may be due on account of omissions and not included in the statistics. 2 consequences of the elderly fall 2.1 Physiological aspects Damage caused by falls in the elderly group of persistent pain, impairment, disability and death of