Twenty-one-item fall risk index predicts falls in elderly community-dwelling Japanese

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2369-2371

  Wada, Taizo ^a   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^b   Hirosaki, Mayumi ^b   Konno, Akiko ^b   Kasahara, Yoriko ^b   Kimura, Yumi ^b   Nakatsuka, Hiroaki ^b   Sakamoto, Ryota ^c   Ishine, Masayuki ^d   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^c   Fujisawa, Michiko ^a   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^e   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d Yasugi Clinic   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KNEE PAIN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 71549140416     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02591.x     Document Type: Letter

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