Contributors to Injury Prevention frequently lament the inadequacy of the evidence base on interventions intended to prevent injury. The most recent reviews completed by the Cochrane Injuries Group (CIG) highlight the fact that some types of injury are better served by the evidence base, such as it is, than are others.

Injuries from falls are recognised as a major threat to elderly people. There are several measures that are known to be efficacious in reducing the risk of falling for old people individually, but how effective are prevention programmes conducted at community level in reducing the incidence of fall related injury? One of CIG’s latest systematic …