Self reported function and disability in late life: A comparison between recurrent fallers and non-fallers

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 791-798

  Melzer, Itshak ^a   Kurz, Ilan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Disability; Falls; Late life function; Performance based measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70349776733     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802309384     Document Type: Article

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