Fractures as an independent predictor of functional decline in older people: A population-based study with an 8-year follow-up

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-304

  Piirtola, Maarit ^a,b,d,e   Löppönen, Minna ^b,d   Vahlberg, Tero ^a   Isoaho, Raimo ^a,f,i   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,c,g   Räihä, Ismo ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Harkatie Health Centre   (Finland)

^e UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^f Malax Korsnäs Health Centre   (Finland)

^g SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h Pori Health Centre   (Finland)

ⁱ NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Fracture; Functional decline; Mobility; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863309472     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334565     Document Type: Article

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