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| An assessment of falls in elderly men and women | | Author(s) | Sandra M Woolley, Sara J Czaja, Colin G Drury |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and medical sciences, vol 52A, no 2, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp M80-M87 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Mobility ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The assessment of falls in older people has moved from disease-oriented approaches, which try to identify single causative factors, to performance-oriented evaluations of functional deficits. This study investigated the abilities of older fallers and non-fallers to perform various functional activities. In addition, it assessed the balance control components of sensory input: vision, vestibular function, and proprioception; the central processing control components: mental status, selective attention, perceptual style, and simple and choice reaction time; and the effector system: isometric strength. Results showed that fallers exhibited reduced static balance, walking and stair descent performance, and lower selective attention abilities and increased choice resisted reaction times. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125207 A |
| Classmark | OLF: C4: 4C |
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