Open AccessComparison of Walking, Muscle Strength, Balance, and Fear of Falling Between Repeated Fall Group, One-time Fall Group, and Nonfall Group of the Elderly Receiving Home Care Service
Author(s) -
Mi Yang Jeon,
Mee Ock Gu,
Jongeun Yim
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2093-7482
pISSN - 1976-1317
DOI - 10.1016/j.anr.2017.11.003
Subject(s) - balance (ability) , fear of falling , gait , falling (accident) , cadence , physical therapy , medicine , muscle strength , physical medicine and rehabilitation , repeated measures design , poison control , psychology , injury prevention , mathematics , medical emergency , statistics , environmental health
The purpose of this study was to provide information to develop a program to prevent repeated falls by analyzing the difference in gait, muscle strength, balance, and fear of falling according to their fall experience.
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