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| Functional mobility discriminates nonfallers from one-time and frequent fallers | | Author(s) | Katherine B Gunter, Karen N White, Wilson C Hayes |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 55A, no 11, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp M672-M676 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Physical capacity ; Falls ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Given that 90% of hip fractures result from a fall, individuals who fall frequently are more likely to be at greater risk of fracture than those who fall only once. The authors used the Get Up and Go and Tandem Gait tests to establish the possibility of distinguishing between frequent fallers, one-time fallers, and non-fallers. Get Up and Go is found to be very effective in both discriminating between fallers and non-fallers, and is associated with lower extremity strength and power. Prevention strategies should focus on improving both functional mobility and lower extremity strength and power. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001221222 A |
| Classmark | C4: BI: OLF: 7T |
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