Post-stroke patients with moderate function have the greatest risk of falls: a National Cohort Study.
Wycliffe E WeiDeirdre A De SilvaHui Meng ChangJiali YaoDavid B MatcharSherry H Y YoungSiew Ju SeeGek Hsiang LimTing-Hway WongNarayanaswamy VenketasubramanianPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2019)
An inverted U-shaped relationship between functional status and fall risk was observed. This is consistent with the complex interplay between decreasing mobility (hence decreased opportunity to fall) and increasing susceptibility to falls. Fall prevention intervention could be targeted accordingly. (263 words).