Development of a portable fall risk index for elderly people living in the community

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-352

  Toba, Kenji ^a   Okochi, Jiro ^b   Takahashi, Tai ^c   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^d   Nishinaga, Masanori ^e   Yamada, Shizuru ^f   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^g   Nishijima, Reiko ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshio ^b   Machida, Ayako ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^h  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c International University of Medicine and Welfare   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Geriatric Health Facility   (Japan)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling people; Environment; Fall index; Falls; Intrinsic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAINTNESS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDING; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 21644441882     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.346     Document Type: Article

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