Fall risk six weeks from onset of stroke and the ability of the Prediction of Falls in Rehabilitation Settings Tool and motor function to predict falls

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 473-479

  Nyström, Anna ^a,b   Hellström, Karin ^b  

^a Uppsala Kommun Vård and Bildning   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

accidental falls; Acute stroke; prediction of risk; prevention of falls; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876902405     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512464703     Document Type: Article

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