Falling short: Recruiting elderly individuals for a fall study

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 552-560

  Wilding, Melody J ^a   Seegert, Liz ^a   Rupcic, Sonia ^a   Griffin, Margaret ^a   Kachnowski, Stan ^a,b   Parasuraman, Sarika ^a  

^a Healthcare Innovation and Technology Lab   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity study; Fall risk; Fall study; Recruitment of elderly

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POSTAL MAIL; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 84873268005     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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