Diabetes and Reactive Balance: Quantifying Stepping Thresholds With a Simple Spring Scale to Measure Fall-Risk in Ambulatory Older Adults | Zendy

Noah J. Rosenblatt | Zendy; Jennifer L. Young | Zendy; Ryley Andersen | Zendy; Stephanie Wu | Zendy; Ryan T. Crews | Zendy

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Diabetes and Reactive Balance: Quantifying Stepping Thresholds With a Simple Spring Scale to Measure Fall-Risk in Ambulatory Older Adults

Author(s) -

Noah J. Rosenblatt,

Jennifer L. Young,

Ryley Andersen,

Stephanie Wu,

Ryan T. Crews

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of diabetes science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.039

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1932-3107

pISSN - 1932-2968

DOI - 10.1177/1932296820979970

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , berg balance scale , ambulatory , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , hazard ratio , confidence interval , endocrinology

Fall-risk assessments for patients with diabetes fail to consider reactive responses to balance loss. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using a simple clinical tool to evaluate the impact of diabetes and fall history on reactive balance in older adults.

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