Proper assessment of the falling risk in the elderly by a physical mobility test with an obstacle

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Demura, Shinichi ^a   Uchiyama, Masanobu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Obstacle; Risk of falling; Timed "Up Go" test; Tripping

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIME; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 34248173415     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.13     Document Type: Article

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