Is a Fall Just a Fall: Correlates of Falling in Healthy Older Persons. The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

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Authors

Nathalie de Rekeneire · National Institute on Aging

Marjolein Visser · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Rita Peila

Michael C. Nevitt · University of California, San Francisco

Jane A. Cauley · University of Pittsburgh

Frances A. Tylavsky · University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Eleanor M. Simonsick · National Institute on Aging

Abstract

Falls history needs to be screened in healthier older adults. Even for well-functioning older persons, specific correlates of falling can be identified to define those at risk.

Topics & Keywords

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Frailty in Older Adults Health disparities and outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 51, Issue 6, pp. 841-846

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51267.x

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