The optimal sequence and selection of screening test items to predict fall risk in older disabled women: The women's health and aging study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1082-1088

  Lamb, Sarah E ^a   McCabe, Chris ^a   Becker, Clemens ^b   Fried, Linda P ^c   Guralnik, Jack M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Multiphasic screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 55949092328     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.10.1082     Document Type: Article

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