Evaluation of risk of falls in patients at a memory impairment outpatient clinic

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-303

  Kikuchi, Reiko ^a   Kozaki, Koichi ^a   Iwata, Akiko ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a   Toba, Kenji ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fall; Fall predicting score; Memory impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALL PREDICTING SCORE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL REACH; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEG CIRCUMFERENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING ON ONE FOOT; TANDEM GAIT TEST; TIMED UP AND GO TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69249137537     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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