Elderly outpatient profile and predictors of falls;Perfil de idosos em acompanhamento ambulatorial e preditores de quedas

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-18

  Gomes, Grace Angélica de Oliveira ^a,b,c   Cintra, Fernanda Aparecida ^a   Batista, Fernanda Sotelo ^a,d   Neri, Anita Liberalesso ^a   Guariento, Maria Elena ^a   Sousa, Maria da Luz Rosario de ^a   D'Elboux, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^d Municipal Health Department of Santos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Gait; Muscle strength; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84875526273     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802013000100003     Document Type: Article

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