Measurements of stepping accuracy in a multitarget stepping task as a potential indicator of fall risk in elderly individuals

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 994-1000

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Higuchi, Takahiro ^b   Tanaka, Buichi ^a   Nagai, Koutatsu ^a   Uemura, Kazuki ^a   Aoyama, Tomoki ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall; MTS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; RISK;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK;

EID: 80053506792     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr073     Document Type: Article

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