TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Inferior physical performance tests in 10,998 men in the MrOS study is associated with recurrent falls
JO  - Age and ageing
A1  - Karlsson, Magnus K.
A1  - Ribom, Eva
A1  - Nilsson, Jan-Åke
A1  - Ljunggren, Osten
A1  - Ohlsson, Claes
A1  - Mellström, Dan
A1  - Lorentzon, Mattiaz
A1  - Mallmin, Hans
A1  - Stefanick, Marcia L.
A1  - Lapidus, Jodi
A1  - Leung, Ping Chung
A1  - Kwok, Anthony
A1  - Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth
A1  - Orwoll, Eric
A1  - Rosengren, Björn E.
SP  - 740
EP  - 746
VL  - 41
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: recurrent fallers are at especially high risk for injuries. OBJECTIVE: to study whether tests of physical performance are associated with recurrent falls. SUBJECTS: a total of 10,998 men aged 65 years or above. METHODS: questionnaires evaluated falls sustained 12 months preceding testing of grip strength, timed stand, 6-m walk and 20-cm narrow walk test. Means with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) are reported. P < 0.01 is a statistically significant difference. RESULTS: in comparison to both occasional fallers and non-fallers, recurrent fallers performed more poorly on all the physical ability tests (all P < 0.001). A score below -2 standard deviations (SDs) in the right-hand grip strength test was associated with an odds ratio of 2.4 (95% CI 1.7, 3.4) for having had recurrent falls compared with having had no fall and of 2.0 (95% CI 1.3, 3.4) for having had recurrent falls compared with having had an occasional fall. CONCLUSION: low performance in physical ability tests are in elderly men associated with recurrent falls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-0729
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs104
ID  - ref1
ER  -