Physical Functioning Measures and Risk of Falling in Older People Living in Residential Aged Care Facilities

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Wilson, Nicholas ^a   Sambrook, Philip ^a   Hilmer, Sarah ^b   March, Lyn ^a   Cameron, Ian ^b   Lord, Stephen ^c   Mason, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged care facilities; falls; functional measures; medication; older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; STANDING; STROKE; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 79955408366     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: 17597218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X10389848     Document Type: Article

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