Minimal chair height standing ability is independently associated with falls in taiwanese older people

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1080-1085

  Kwan, Marcella Mun San ^a,b   Lin, Sang I ^c   Chen, Ching Huey ^c   Close, Jacqueline C ^a,b   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Minimal chair height standing; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL CHAIR HEIGHT STANDING TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; WALKING;

EID: 79959756868     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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