The Multiple Tasks Test as a predictor of falls in older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-355

  Southard, Veronica ^a   Dave, Manisha ^a   Davis, Melanie Geiger ^a   Blanco, Janine ^a   Hofferber, Alison ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls risk; Healthy older adults; MTT

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE TASKS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 27744521242     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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