Gait speed, balance and functional capacity in a sample of community-dwelling older adults

Introduction: Falls in older people is an important public health concern since they are responsible for a high number of hospitalizations, health complications, disability, and death. Gait speed has been identified as a predictor of health state in elderly populations and it is related to falls and...

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Main Author: Galán-Mercant, Alejandro (author)
Other Authors: Tomás, Maria Teresa (author), Fernandes, Beatriz (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7691
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/7691