Physiological fall risk factors in cognitively impaired older people: A one-year prospective study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 181-189

  Taylor, Morag E ^a,b   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b   Delbaere, Kim ^a,b   Mikolaizak, A Stefanie ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Balance; Cognition; Dementia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE EXTENSION STRENGTH; LEANING BALANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STRENGTH; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867485235     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343077     Document Type: Article

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