Using the Timed Up & Go Test in a Clinical Setting to Predict Falling in Parkinson's Disease
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The Timed Up and Go Test: unable to predict falls on the acute medical ward.
Prevention of falls amongst older people is a high priority in health care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of the Timed Up and Go Test to predict those older people who will fall whilst admitted to an acute hospital. The medical records of 160 older patients who were admitted to the medical ward of a large regional hospital were accessed retrospectively. The Timed Up and Go T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0003-9993
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.02.020