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Fall risk in an active elderly population--can it be assessed?

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Posturography and risk of recurrent falls in healthy non-institutionalized persons aged over 65.

Buatois S, Gueguen R, Gauchard GC, Benetos A, Perrin PP.

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Risk factors for falling in home-dwelling older women with stroke: the Women's Health and Aging Study.

Lamb SE, Ferrucci L, Volapto S, Fried LP, Guralnik JM; Women's Health and Aging Study.

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A comparison of different balance tests in the prediction of falls in older women with vertebral fractures: a cohort study.

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A risk profile for identifying community-dwelling elderly with a high risk of recurrent falling: results of a 3-year prospective study.

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Force platform balance measures as predictors of indoor and outdoor falls in community-dwelling women aged 63-76 years.

Pajala S, Era P, Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Törmäkangas T, Rantanen T.

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Clinical and biomechanical measures of balance as fall predictors in ambulatory nursing home residents.

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[Self-reported walking, balance testing and risk of fall among the elderly]

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The Physical Performance Test as a predictor of frequent fallers: a prospective community-based cohort study.

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Lateral balance factors predict future falls in community-living older adults.

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Use of the Berg Balance Scale for predicting multiple falls in community-dwelling elderly people: a prospective study.

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Postural stability, falls and fractures in the elderly: results from the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study.

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