Self-Report of Missteps in Older Adults: A Valid Proxy of Fall Risk?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 786-792

  Srygley, Jennifer M ^a,c   Herman, Talia ^a   Giladi, Nir ^a,b   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Falls, accidental; Gait; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249116976     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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