Application of the voluntary step execution test to identify elderly fallers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 532-537

  Melzer, I ^a   Kurz, I ^a   Shahar, D ^a   Levi, M ^a   Oddsson, Lie ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Balance; Elderly; Falls; Postural control; Step reaction times

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35048850832     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm068     Document Type: Article

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