Motor Performance and Physical Activity as Predictors of Prospective Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Frailty Level: Application of Wearable Technology

Gerontology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 654-664

  Mohler, M Jane ^a,b,c   Wendel, Christopher S ^a,b   Taylor Piliae, Ruth E ^a,c,d   Toosizadeh, Nima ^a,d   Najafi, Bijan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP) Department of Surgery College of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Frailty; Gait; Monitoring; Physical activity; Physical function; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSOR; STANDING; WALKING; CLOTHING; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SELF HELP DEVICE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOTHING; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84966430335     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000445889     Document Type: Article

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