Analyses of the relationship between the time of performance of the Timed Get Up and Go Test and recurrent falls related by the aged patients inserted in an ambulatory service

Analyses of the relationship between the time of performance of the Timed Get Up and Go Test and recurrent falls related by the aged patients inserted in an ambulatory service

Falls obtain more relevance with the rise of the aged population in terms of public health and socioeconomic issues. The averages of the time to perform the Timed Get Up and Go test (TGUG) in ambulatory elderly patients with story of accidental and recurrent fall  were compared in this retrospective...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Prieto Valente, Caio Vinícius Villalón e Tramont, Kênia Maynard Silva, Luciana Branco da Motta, Célia Pereira Caldas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2012-06-01
Series:Kairós Gerontologia
Subjects:
Quedas recorrentes
Timed Get Up and Go
Idosos.
Online Access:http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/10057

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