Hearing as a predictor of falls and postural balance in older female twins

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-317

  Viljanen, Anne ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^d   Sorri, Martti ^e   Pajala, Satu ^f   Kauppinen, Markku ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fall; Hearing; Heritability; Postural balance; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FALLING; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; HEARING ACUITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VELOCITY; AUDIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; GENETICS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; AUDIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 64949175476     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln015     Document Type: Article

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