A comparison of four functional tests in discriminating fallers from non-fallers in older people

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Chiu, A Y Y ^a   Au Yeung, S S Y ^b   Lo, S K ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037422646     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/dre.25.1.45.50     Document Type: Review

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