Do elderly people at more severe activity of daily living limitation stages fall more?

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 601-610

  Henry Sánchez, John T ^a   Kurichi, Jibby E ^b   Xie, Dawei ^b   Pan, Qiang ^b   Stineman, Margaret G ^b,c  

^a Pediatric Orthopaedic Department   (Puerto Rico)

^b Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental Falls; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862856256     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31825596af     Document Type: Article

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