Risk factors of falls in community dwelling active elderly

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Tuunainen, Eeva ^a   Rasku, Jyrki ^a   Jäntti, Pirkko ^b   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Tampere City Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Characteristics of vertigo; Elderly; Falls; Vestibular failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STABILOGRAPHY; STANDING; VELOCITY; VERTIGO; VERY ELDERLY;

CHARACTERISTICS OF VERTIGO; ELDERLY; FALLS; VESTIBULAR FAILURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84892481917     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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