Physical activity and different concepts of fall risk estimation in older people-results of the ActiFE-Ulm study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Klenk, Jochen ^a,b   Kerse, Ngaire ^c   Rapp, Kilian ^a,b   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^d   Becker, Clemens ^b   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Peter, Richard ^a   Denkinger, Michael Dieter ^d   Bohm B ^e   Geiger, H ^f   Lukas, A ^d   Stingl, J ^a   Riepe, M ^g   Rudolph, L ^h   Scharffetter Kochanek, K ^f   Koenig, W ^f   Schumann, C ^f   Steinacker, J M ^f   Ludolph, A ^f   Von Arnim, C ^f   Nagel, G ^a   Herbolsheimer, F ^a   Weinmayr, G ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic   (Germany)

^e Department of Internal Medicine I Division of Endocrinology   (Germany)

^f Department of Dermatology and Allergology ^*  (Germany)

^g Division of Gerontopsychiatry Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II   (Germany)

^h Max Planck Group for Stem Cell Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; FALLING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84936976782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129098     Document Type: Article

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