Patterns, predictors, and outcomes of falls trajectories in older adults: The MOBILIZE Boston study with 5 years of follow-up

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Tchalla, Achille E ^a,b,c,d   Dufour, Alyssa B ^a,b,c   Travison, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Habtemariam, Daniel ^c   Iloputaife, Ikechukwu ^c   Manor, Brad ^a,b,c   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^d LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GAIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAINTENANCE OF BALANCE INDEPENDENT LIVING INTELLECT AND ZEST IN ELDERLY BOSTON STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84906959892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106363     Document Type: Article

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