Quantitative falls risk assessment using the timed up and go test

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2918-2926

  Greene, Barry R ^a,b   Odonovan, Alan ^a,b   Romero Ortuno, Roman ^b,c   Cogan, Lisa ^b,c   Scanaill, Cliodhna Ni ^a,b   Kenny, Rose A ^c,d  

^a Intel Ireland Ltd   (Ireland)

^b TRIL Centre   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Falls; gait analysis; kinematic sensors; timed up and go (TUG)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY-WORN SENSORS; FALLS; FALLS RISKS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; KINEMATIC SENSORS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MEAN SENSITIVITY; MONITORING PROTOCOL; OBJECTIVE METHODS; OLDER ADULTS; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; SOCIETAL COSTS; TIMED UP AND GO (TUG);

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIMED UP AND GO TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; GAIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 78649282250     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2083659     Document Type: Article

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