The comparative ability of eight functional mobility tests for predicting falls in community-dwelling older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-435

  Tiedemann, Anne ^a   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^b   Sherrington, Catherine ^a   Murray, Susan ^a   Lord, Stephen ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Balance; Elderly; Mobility; Mobility tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 47049094515     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn100     Document Type: Article

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