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The Added Value of Combined Timed Up and Go Test, Walking Speed, and Grip Strength on Predicting Recurrent Falls in Chinese Community-dwelling Elderly.

Lu WangPeiyu SongCheng ChengPeipei HanLiyuan FuXiaoyu ChenHairui YuXing YuLin HouYuanyuan ZhangQi Guo
Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2021)
Elderly people with poor TUGT performance, weaker GS but quicker WS need to be given high priority toward fall prevention strategies for higher risks and frequencies. Meanwhile, the combined "TUGT-, GS-, WS+" model presents increased discriminating ability and could be used as a conventional tool to discriminate recurrent-fallers in clinical practice.
Keyphrases
  • community dwelling
  • clinical practice
  • risk assessment
  • climate change