Mobility and Muscle Strength Together are More Strongly Correlated with Falls in Suburb-Dwelling Older Chinese

Falls are common in older adults and result in adverse outcomes. Impaired mobility and poor muscle strength have been consistently identified as the main contributors to falls. We choose three easy-to-perform tests (i.e. Timed Up and Go test (TUGT), walking speed (WS) and grip strength (GS)) in orde...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xiuyang, Ma, Yixuan, Wang, Jiazhong, Han, Peipei, Dong, Renwei, Kang, Li, Zhang, Wen, Shen, Suxing, Wang, Jing, Li, Dongfang, Zhou, Maoran, Wang, Liancheng, Niu, Kaijun, Guo, Qi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25420

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25420

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