Hyperkyphotic posture and risk of injurious falls in older persons: The Rancho Bernardo Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 652-657

  Kado, Deborah M ^a   Huang, Mei Hua ^a   Nguyen, Claude B ^b   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^c   Greendale, Gail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 34548120716     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.6.652     Document Type: Article

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