Prediction of future falls in a community dwelling older adult population using instrumented balance and gait analysis;Prädiktion von Sturzereignissen in einem Kollektiv selbständig lebender Älterer mittels instrumenteller Gang- und Gleichgewichtsanalyse

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 232-236

  Bauer, C M ^a,b   Groger I ^a   Rupprecht, R ^c   Marcar, V L ^b   Gassmann K G ^a  

^a Geriatrics Centre Erlangen   (Germany)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Gait; Geriatric assessment; Postural balance; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEVICES; FALLING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84927539254     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-015-0885-0     Document Type: Article

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