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The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life

OBJECTIVE: To determine (1) whether obese older adults had higher prevalence of falls and ambulatory stumbling, impaired balance and lower health-related quality of life (HRQL) than their normal weight counterparts, and (2) whether the falls and balance measures were associated with HRQL in obese ad...

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Autores principales: Fjeldstad, Cecilie, Fjeldstad, Anette S, Acree, Luke S, Nickel, Kevin J, Gardner, Andrew W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2288598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18304350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-5918-7-4