Clinical history and biologic age predicted falls better than objective functional tests

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-232

  Gerdhem, Paul ^a   Ringsberg, Karin A M ^a   Åkesson, Kristina ^a   Obrant, Karl J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Women

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 13844277139     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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