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Risk of falling among elderly persons living in the community: assessment by the Timed up and go test

The risk of falling in elderly can be analyzed by a simple mobility test. OBJECTIVE: To assess the balance of elderly subjects through the 'Timed Up and Go' test. METHOD: Subjects were timed for the moment they got up from a chair, walked for three meters, and came back to the chair. They...

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Autores principales: Bretan, Onivaldo, Elias Silva, José, Ribeiro, Odilon R., Corrente, José Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23503902
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1808-8694.20130004

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