Introducing a new definition of a near fall: Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 645-647

  Maidan, I ^a,b   Freedman, T ^a   Tzemah, R ^a   Giladi, N ^a,c   Mirelman, A ^a,d   Hausdorff, J M ^a,c,e  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fall risk; Gait; Near falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NEAR FALL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

AGING; FALL RISK; GAIT; NEAR FALLS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84888294784     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.07.123     Document Type: Article

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