Impact of falls on the balance, gait, and activities of daily living functioning in community-dwelling Chinese older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-404

  Chu, Leung Wing ^a   Chiu, Alice Y Y ^b   Chi, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33645970414     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.4.399     Document Type: Article

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