Risk factors for falls of older citizens

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-533

  Boelens, C ^a   Hekman, E E G ^a   Verkerke, G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; falls; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FALLS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; FALLS; RISK FACTORS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84893128846     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-130748     Document Type: Article

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