Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 317-321 , March 2010

Falls prediction in elderly people: A 1-year prospective study

  • Jaap Swanenburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Gloriastrasse 25, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 044 255 59 78; fax: +41 044 255 43 88.
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  • Eling D. de Bruin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Daniel Uebelhart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Gloriastrasse 25, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Centre of Osteoporosis, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Theo Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 19 February 2009 ,Revised 6 November 2009 ,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00665-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.013

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 317-321 , March 2010

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