Gait, gait variability and the risk of multiple incident falls in older people: a population-based study

Michele L. Callisaya, Leigh Blizzard, Michael D. Schmidt, Kara Martin, Jennifer L. McGinley, Lauren Sanders, Velandai Srikanth

Age and Ageing · 2011 · 326 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

there is an increased risk of multiple falls, but not single falls, in older people with poorer gait. Specific measures of gait and gait variability seem to confer this risk and may be amenable to interventions designed to reduce the risk of multiple falls in older people.

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