Predicting the probability of falls in community-dwelling elderly individuals using the trail-walking test

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 386-391

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex task condition; Elderly; Fall; Predictor; Trail walking test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONE LEG STANDING TEST; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 78249280993     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0154-1     Document Type: Article

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