Setting the criterion for fall risk screening for healthy community-dwelling elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 370-373

  Demura, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Susumu ^b   Shin, Sohee ^a   Uchiyama, Masanobu ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Prevention of falls; Risk profiles; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BALANCING ABILITY; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DEMURA FALL RISK ASSESSMENT CHART; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LOWER LIMB STRENGTH; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857049204     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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