Factors predicting fractures during falling impacts among home-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1302-1309

  Luukinen, Heikki ^a   Koski, Keijo ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030694268     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02928.x     Document Type: Article

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