Predicting the probability for falls in community-dwelling older adults using the timed up and go test

Physical Therapy

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 896-903

  Shumway Cook, A ^a   Brauer, S ^a   Woollacott, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Fall prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033822729     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/80.9.896     Document Type: Article

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