Organize a comprehensive system of prevention fall for healthy community-dwelling elderly

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Falls are a major public health issue in the elderly population, and there has been a focus on fall prevention based on fall risk assessment. This study aimed to develop the questionnaire of fall risk assessment (Demura's Fall Risk Assessment chart: DFRA), propose the test and exercise of fall-related physical function including fall avoidance ability, and examine the characteristics of the elderly with potential for falling. We developed the DFRA consisting of 3 items assessed the fall risk level and 47 items identified the fall risk profile. New 8 tests and exercises were developed, and were confirmed the availability to predict a fall risk and to prevent a fall.