There is in elderly men a group difference between fallers and non-fallers in physical performance tests

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 744-749

  Rosengren, Björn ^a,b   Ribom, Eva L ^c   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a,b   Ljunggren, Östen ^c   Ohlsson, Claes ^d   Mellström, Dan ^e   Lorentzon, Mattias ^e   Mallmin, Hans ^c   Stefanick, Marcia L ^f   Lapidus, Jodi ^f   Leung, Ping Chung ^g   Kwok, Anthony ^g   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^b,h   Orwoll, Eric ^f   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054907580     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr108     Document Type: Letter

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