A comparison of different balance tests in the prediction of falls in older women with vertebral fractures: A cohort study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-83

  Morris, Rob ^a   Harwood, Rowan H ^a   Baker, Ros ^a   Sahota, Opinder ^b   Armstrong, Sarah ^c   Masud, Tahir ^a,d  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Compression fractures; Elderly; Musculoskeletal equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VESTIBULAR TEST; WALKING; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYNAMOMETER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33947572791     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl147     Document Type: Article

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