The Relationship between Modified Short Physical Performance Battery and Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study of Older Outpatients

The Relationship between Modified Short Physical Performance Battery and Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study of Older Outpatients

The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a physical fall-risk screening tool and predictor of adverse health effects for the older. Its limited use in Japan is due to the relative ease for high-functioning older adults to achieve perfect scores. Japanese researchers thus created a community-...

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Main Authors: Kazuki Fukui, Noriaki Maeda, Makoto Komiya, Junpei Sasadai, Tsubasa Tashiro, Mitsuhiro Yoshimi, Shogo Tsutsumi, Satoshi Arima, Kazuki Kaneda, Satoshi Onoue, Toshiya Shima, Manabu Niitani, Yukio Urabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Geriatrics
Subjects:
aged
accidental falls
short physical performance battery
physical function performance
logistic models
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/6/4/106

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