High arterial pulse wave velocity is a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1534-1539

  Wong, Alfred K W ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b   Trollor, Julian N ^a,b   Sturnieks, Daina L ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a,b   Menant, Jasmine ^a,b   Brodaty, Henry ^b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b,c   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

accidental falls; aged; arterial stiffness; psychotropic medications; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84906097683     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12931     Document Type: Article

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