The relationship between balance measured with a modified bathroom scale and falls and disability in older adults: a 6-month follow-up study.
Joan VermeulenJacques C L NeyensMarieke D SpreeuwenbergErik van RossumApril B C G BoessenWalther M W H SipersProf Luc De WittePublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2015)
There is a cross-sectional relationship between balance measured by a modified bathroom scale and falls and disability in older adults. Despite this cross-sectional relationship, longitudinal data showed that balance scores have no predictive value for falls and might only have limited predictive value for disability development after 6 months of follow-up.