Comparison of balance assessment modalities in emergency department elders: a pilot cross-sectional observational study

BACKGROUND: More than one-third of US adults 65 and over fall every year. These falls may cause serious injury including substantial long-term morbidity (due declines in activities of daily living) and death. The emergency department (ED) visit represents an opportunity for identifying high risk eld...

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Autores principales: Caterino, Jeffrey M, Karaman, Rowan, Arora, Vinay, Martin, Jacqueline L, Hiestand, Brian C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-9-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-9-19

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