Incidence and predictors of falls in the Chinese elderly

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-72

  Chu, Leung Wing ^a   Chi, I ^b   Chiu, A Y Y ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Hong Kong; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIA; BALANCE DISORDER; CHINESE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HAND GRIP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 15044358352     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.v34n1p60     Document Type: Article

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