Which types of activities are associated with risk of recurrent falling in older persons?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 743-750

  Peeters, G M E E ^a   Verweij, Lisanne M ^b   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^a   Pijnappels, Mirjam ^c   Pluijm, Saskia M F ^d   Visser, Marjolein ^a,c   Lips, Paul ^a,b  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Physical activity; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953983817     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq013     Document Type: Article

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