Predicting people with stroke at risk of falls

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Ashburn, A ^a   Hyndman, D ^a   Pickering, R ^b   Yardley, L ^a   Harris, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Prediction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 43149111292     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn066     Document Type: Article

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