Impact of clinical, psychological, and social factors on decreased Tinetti test score in community-living elderly subjects: A prospective study with two-year follow-up

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Manckoundia, Patrick ^a,b,c   Thomas, Frédérique ^d   Buatois, Séverine ^e   Guize, Louis ^d   Jégo, Bertrand ^d   Aquino, Jean Pierre ^f   Benetos, Athanase ^a,e  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d Center for Preventive and Clinical Investigations   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^f Porte Verte Geriatric Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Gait

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TINETTI TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46449097546     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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