Physical and functional factors in activities of daily living that predict falls in community-dwelling older women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-357

  Aoyama, Maki ^a   Suzuki, Yusuke ^a   Onishi, Joji ^b   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Incidence of falls; Physical performances; Preventing falls; Risk assessment of falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR FITNESS SCALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79959552183     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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