A multifactorial approach to understanding fall risk in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1679-1685

  Delbaere, Kim ^a,c,d   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Heim, Jörg ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b,e   Brodaty, Henry ^b,e   Slavin, Melissa J ^e   Kochan, Nicole A ^e   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

accidental falls; activities of daily life; aged; decision tree; depression; Trails B

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956331851     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03017.x     Document Type: Article

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