Lateral Balance Factors Predict Future Falls in Community-Living Older Adults

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1708-1713

  Hilliard, Marjorie Johnson ^a   Martinez, Katherine M ^a   Janssen, Imke ^b   Edwards, Beatrice ^a   Mille, Marie Laure ^a   Zhang, Yunhui ^a   Rogers, Mark W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aging; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 49949114914     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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