QUADRICEPS STRENGTH AND FALL INJURIES IN MEDICARE CLAIMS: THE HEALTH ABC STUDY

Lower extremity quadriceps strength is an important risk factor for falls and may be related to fall injury. We examined baseline quadriceps strength with a Kin-Com isokinetic dynamometer in 1997–98 for 2,058 Health ABC Study participants (52% women, 37% black; aged 73.4 ± 2.8 years) and total fall...

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Publié dans:Innov Aging
Auteurs principaux: Winger, M., Boudreau, R., Newman, A., Cauley, J.A., Caserotti, P., Harris, T., Waters, T., Strotmeyer, E.S.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: Oxford University Press 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6185425/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.3647
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