The nonlinear relationship between gait speed and falls: The maintenance of balance, independent living, intellect, and zest in the elderly of boston study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1069-1073

  Quach, Lien ^a   Galica, Andrew M ^a   Jones, Richard N ^a,b   Procter Gray, Elizabeth ^c   Manor, Brad ^b   Hannan, Marian T ^a,b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; gait speed; MOBILIZE; population based

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXITIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLECT; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING SPEED; WORD LIST RECALL;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK;

EID: 79958792516     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03408.x     Document Type: Article

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