Examination of useful items for the assessment of fall risk in the community-dwelling elderly Japanese population

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Demura, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Susumu ^b   Yokoya, Tomohisa ^c   Sato, Toshiro ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Kaga City Hall ^*  (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Factor analysis; Item analysis; Prevention fall; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77953356854     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0124-7     Document Type: Article

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