Differing Risk Factors for Falls in Nursing Home and Intermediate-Care Residents Who Can and Cannot Stand Unaided

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1645-1650

  Lord, Stephen R ^c   March, Lynn M ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Schwarz, Jennifer ^a   Zochling, Jane ^a   Chen, Jian Sheng ^a   Makaroff, Jan ^a   Sitoh, Yih Yiow ^a   Lau, Tang Ching ^a   Brnabic, Alan ^a   Sambrook, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Ambulatory status; Balance; Reaction time; Residential care facilities; Strength; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10744229239     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51518.x     Document Type: Article

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