Change in arm position during one-leg balance test: A predictor of recurrent falls in community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1598-1600

  Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b   Rossat, Arnaud ^c   Bongue, Bienvenu ^d   Dupré, Caroline ^d   Colvez, Alain ^d   Fantino, Bienvenu ^d   Fantino, Bruno ^a,b,c  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c Health Examination Center   (France)

^d Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STANDING; SURVIVAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ARM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 77955252429     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02986.x     Document Type: Letter

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