Investigating the predictive ability of gait speed and quadriceps strength for incident falls in community-dwelling older women at high risk of fracture

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 308-313

  Scott, David ^a   Stuart, Amanda L ^b   Kay, Deborah ^c   Ebeling, Peter R ^a   Nicholson, Geoff ^a,d   Sanders, Kerrie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait; Physical performance; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GAIT; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK REDUCTION; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING SPEED;

FALLS; GAIT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SARCOPENIA;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84896730384     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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