Frailty is the main predictor of falls in elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation training [5]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-85

  Speciale, S ^a,b   Turco, R ^a,b   Magnifico, F ^a,b   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Trabucchi, M ^b,c  

^a 'Ancelle della Carita' Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 1642432926     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/33.1.84-a     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Vassallo M, Sharma JC, Briggs RSJ, Allen SC. Characteristics of early fallers on elderly patients rehabilitation wards. Age Ageing 2003;32:338-42.