Falls prediction in elderly people: A 1-year prospective study

Gait and Posture

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-321

  Swanenburg, Jaap ^a   de Bruin, Eling D ^b   Uebelhart, Daniel ^a   Mulder, Theo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Postural control; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 76749108958     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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