A simple clinical scale to stratify risk of recurrent falls in communitydwelling adults aged 65 years and older

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 550-560

  Buatois, Severine ^a   Perret Guillaume, Christine ^a   Gueguen, Rene ^b   Miget, Patrick ^b   Vançon, Guy ^c   Perrin, Philippe ^d,e   Benetos, Athanase ^e,f  

^a University of Nancy   (United States)

^b Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^c Centre Florentin   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^f Medicine and Geriatrics   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950982165     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090158     Document Type: Article

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