Quantifying the magnitude of risk for balance impairment on falls in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-406

  Muir, Susan W ^a   Berg, Katherine ^b   Chesworth, Bert ^a,c   Klar, Neil ^a   Speechley, Mark ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Balance; Meta analysis; Risk factors; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FALLING; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; RADIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULNA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 77249139652     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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