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Functional Performance as a Predictor of Injurious Falls in Older Adults

2015146 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Rachel E. Ward · Boston University

Suzanne G. Leveille · University of Massachusetts Boston

Marla Beauchamp · Harvard University

Thomas G. Travison · Hebrew SeniorLife

Neil B. Alexander · Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center

Alan M. Jette · Boston University

Jonathan F. Bean

Abstract

An easily administered chair stand test may be sufficient for evaluating performance as part of a risk stratification strategy for injurious falls.

Topics & Keywords

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 63, Issue 2, pp. 315-320

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13203

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 38.59

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