The Reliability and Preliminary Validity of Game-Based Fall Risk Assessment in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Aoyama, Tomoki ^a   Nakamura, Masatoshi ^a   Tanaka, Buichi ^a   Nagai, Koutatsu ^a   Tatematsu, Noriatsu ^a   Uemura, Kazuki ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Tsuboyama, Tadao ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAMES; WALKING;

EID: 79958058090     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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