Age-related self-overestimation of step-over ability in healthy older adults and its relationship to fall risk

BACKGROUND: Older adults could not safely step over an obstacle unless they correctly estimated their physical ability to be capable of a successful step over action. Thus, incorrect estimation (overestimation) of ability to step over an obstacle could result in severe accident such as falls in olde...

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Autores principales: Sakurai, Ryota, Fujiwara, Yoshinori, Ishihara, Masami, Higuchi, Takahiro, Uchida, Hayato, Imanaka, Kuniyasu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23651772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-44

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23651772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-44

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