Improving fall risk assessment in home care: Interdisciplinary use of the timed up and go (TUG)

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 389-396

  Murphy, Kristen ^a   Lowe, Susan ^b  

^a Visiting Nurse and Health Services of Connecticut   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880227966     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3182977cdc     Document Type: Article

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