Does the timed up and go test predict future falls among British community-dwelling older people? Prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kojima, Gotaro ^a   Masud, Tahir ^b   Kendrick, Denise ^c   Morris, Richard ^a   Gawler, Sheena ^a   Treml, Jonathan ^d   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Older people; Timed up and go test

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84927950754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0039-7     Document Type: Article

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