Higher incidence of falls in long-term stroke survivors than in population controls: Depressive symptoms predict falls after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 542-547

  Jørgensen, Lone ^a,b   Engstad, Torgeir ^a   Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 18244378808     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0202.102375     Document Type: Article

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