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Quantitative Gait Markers and Incident Fall Risk in Older Adults

The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2009 · Vol. 64A(8) · pp. 896–901

Joe Verghese✉(Yeshiva University)Roee Holtzer(Yeshiva University)R. B. Lipton(Yeshiva University)C. Wang(Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

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Abstract

Quantitative gait markers are independent predictors of falls in older adults. Gait speed and other markers, especially variability, should be further studied to improve current fall risk assessments and to develop new interventions.

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Injury Epidemiology and PreventionGaitCadenceMedicinePreferred walking speedConfidence intervalBalance (ability)Physical medicine and rehabilitationSTRIDEPhysical therapyFalls in older adults

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Accidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overGaitHumansProspective StudiesRisk FactorsCohort StudiesBiomarkers

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