'Stops walking when talking' as a predictor of falls in elderly people

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9052, 1997, Pages 617-

  Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^b   Gustafson, Yngve ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WALKING;

EID: 0343811709     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)24009-2     Document Type: Article

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