Parkinson's Disease and Symptomatic Osteoarthritis Are Independent Risk Factors of Falls in the Elderly.

Anneli Teder-BraschinskyAare MärtsonMarika RosenthalPille Taba

Published in: Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders (2019)

Symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis are risk factors for falls and related fractures among the elderly population with and without Parkinson's disease. The inability to walk 500 m could be used as a simple predictive factor for the increased risk of falls among elderly populations.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
knee osteoarthritis
risk factors
middle aged
rheumatoid arthritis