Vitamin D and physical performance in older men and women visiting the emergency department because of a fall: Data from the improving medication prescribing to reduce risk of FALLs (IMPROveFALL) study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1948-1952

  Boyé, Nicole D A ^a   Oudshoorn, Christian ^a   Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^a,b   Van Lieshout, Esther M M ^a   De Vries, Oscar J ^c   Lips, Paul ^c   Van Beeck, Ed F ^a   Patka, Peter ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a,d,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

falls; muscle strength; older adults; physical performance; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FIVE TIME SIT TO STAND TEST; FUNCTION TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RISK REDUCTION; TANDEM STAND TEST; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

FALLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84887618551     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12499     Document Type: Article

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