One step, two steps, three steps more... directional vulnerability to falls in community-dwelling older people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12 A, 2013, Pages 1540-1548

  Mille, Marie Laure ^a,b   Johnson Hilliard, Marjorie ^b   Martinez, Katherine M ^b   Zhang, Yunhui ^b   Edwards, Beatrice J ^c   Rogers, Mark W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; ARTICLE; BALANCE; FALLS; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL.;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

BALANCE; FALLS; MOTOR CONTROL.;

EID: 84891594200     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt062     Document Type: Article

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