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Mobility screening for fall prediction in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA): implications for fall prevention in the decade of healthy ageing.

Marla K BeauchampAyse KuspinarNazmul SohelAlexandra J MayhewCassandra D'AmoreLauren E GriffithParminder Raina
Published in: Age and ageing (2022)
Our findings indicate that commonly used mobility tests do not have sufficient discriminability to identify fallers in a population-based sample of community-dwelling older adults. The TUG and SLS can identify recurrent fallers; however, their accuracy and cut-off values vary by age and sex.
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