Outdoor and indoor falls as predictors of mobility limitation in older women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-761

  Mänty, Minna ^a   Heinonen, Ari ^a   Viljanen, Anne ^a   Pajala, Satu ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 70350689959     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp178     Document Type: Letter

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