Relationship of Incident Falls with Balance Deficits and Body Composition in Male and Female Community-Dwelling Elders.

Waters, D L; Qualls, C R; Cesari, M; Rolland, Y; Vlietstra, L; Vellas, B

Waters, D L; Qualls, C R; Cesari, M; Rolland, Y; Vlietstra, L; Vellas, B.

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Waters DL; Debra Waters, Department of Medicine / School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand, debra.waters@otago.ac.nz, +64 3 479 7222.

J Nutr Health Aging ; 23(1): 9-13, 2019.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30569062

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Accidental Falls/prevention & control; Body Composition/physiology; Gait/physiology; Independent Living/standards; Obesity/complications; Sarcopenia/complications; Aged; Female; Humans; Male; Postural Balance; Risk Factors; Sex Characteristics

Key words

Body composition; balance; falls; older adults; sex

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Body Composition / Accidental Falls / Sarcopenia / Independent Living / Gait / Obesity Type of study: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J Nutr Health Aging Journal subject: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / GERIATRIA Year: 2019 Type: Article

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