Risk factors for falls in multiple sclerosis: An observational study

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1913-1922

  Gunn, Hilary ^a   Creanor, Siobhan ^a   Haas, Bernhard ^a   Marsden, Jonathan ^a   Freeman, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accidental falls; Multiple sclerosis; rehabilitation; risk factors

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BRIEF ATAXIA RATING SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL TASK INTERFERENCE; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTORS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888137133     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513488233     Document Type: Article

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