Association between walking 5000 step/day and fall incidence over six months in urban community-dwelling older people
Abstract Background Walking is the most common population-wide campaign for health promotion in older people. However, the cutoff threshold for walking steps/day to identify the older people who are at risk of falling is not recommended. Therefore, the objectives were to investigate the association...
Main Authors: | T. Aranyavalai, C. Jalayondeja, W. Jalayondeja, S. Pichaiyongwongdee, J. Kaewkungwal, J. J. Laskin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01582-z |
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