Preclinical disability as a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-320

  Clough Gorr, Kerri M ^a,b   Erpen, Thomas ^a   Gillmann, Gerhard ^c   Von Renteln Kruse, Wolfgang ^d   Iliffe, Steve ^e   Beck, John C ^f,g   Stuck, Andreas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Netz Bern   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Langley Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Falls; Geriatric assessment; Older adults; Preclinical disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 44349187262     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.3.314     Document Type: Article

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