Life-space mobility declines associated with incident falls and fractures

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 919-923

  Lo, Alexander X ^a   Brown, Cynthia J ^b,c,d   Sawyer, Patricia ^b,d   Kennedy, Richard E ^c,d   Allman, Richard M ^e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c and Clinical Center   (United Kingdom)

^d Veterans Health Administration ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; injury; life space; mobility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFE SPACE MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

FALLS; INJURY; LIFE-SPACE; MOBILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALABAMA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900802526     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12787     Document Type: Article

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