Timed Up and Go predicts functional decline in older patients presenting to the emergency department following minor trauma
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Concurrent Validity of Functional Gait Assessment, Timed Up and Go, and Gait Speed Tests in the Persian Community-Dwelling Elderly
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the Farsi version of Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), Timed Up & Go (TUG), and Gait Speed tests in Persian communitydwelling older adults. Methods: Subjects were 100 males in falling or no falling history group (50 subjects in each group). Subjects were community-dwelling adults aged 60-90 years who were living...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw184