Nutritional status in relation to balance and falls in the elderly: A preliminary look at serum folate

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Shahar, Danit ^a,b,d   Levi, Meital ^a,b   Kurtz, Ilan ^c,d   Shany, Shraga ^d   Zvili, Irene ^d   Mualleme, Ezra ^d   Shahar, Avner ^e   Sarid, Orly ^d   Melzer, Itzik ^c,d  

^a S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition   (Israel)

^b Multidisciplinary Center for Research in Aging   (Israel)

^c Rehabilitation and Movement Analysis Laboratory   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance; Dietary intake; Elderly fallers; Functional status; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 61449083707     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000207356     Document Type: Article

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