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Identification of elderly fallers by muscle strength measures

For efficient prevention of falls among older adults, individuals at a high risk of falling need to be identified. In this study, we searched for muscle strength measures that best identified those individuals who would fall after a gait perturbation and those who recovered their balance. Seventeen...

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Autores principales: Pijnappels, Mirjam, van der Burg, (Petra) J. C. E., Reeves, Neil D., van Dieën, Jaap H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2226001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18071745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-007-0613-6