Daily-Life Gait Quality as Predictor of Falls in Older People: A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study

Falls can have devastating consequences for older people. We determined the relationship between the likelihood of fall incidents and daily-life behavior. We used wearable sensors to assess habitual physical activity and daily-life gait quality (in terms of e.g. stability, variability, smoothness an...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: van Schooten, Kimberley S., Pijnappels, Mirjam, Rispens, Sietse M., Elders, Petra J. M., Lips, Paul, Daffertshofer, Andreas, Beek, Peter J., van Dieën, Jaap H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936679/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27389583
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158623
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