Timed "Up & Go" Test as a predictor of falls within 6 months after hip fracture surgery

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Kristensen, Morten T ^a   Foss, Nicolai B ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOPPING; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846021986     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20050271     Document Type: Article

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