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  • Quantitative falls risk assessment in elderly people: results from a clinical study with distance based timed up-and-go test recordings [Elektronski vir]
    Ziegler, Andreas ...
    A third of people over 65 years experiences at least one fall a year. The Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) test is commonly used to assess gait and balance and to evaluate an individualʹs risk of falling. ... Approach: We conducted a clinical study with 46 older participants for evaluating the fall risk assessment capabilities of an ultra-sound based TUG test device. The fall protocols over a period of one year were used to classify participants as fallers and non-fallers. For frailty evaluation, state-of-the-art questionnaires were used. Fall recordings were compared to six TUG test measurements that were recorded in fallers and non-fallers...
    Source: Physiological measurement [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1361-6579 (Vol. 41, art. no. 115006, 2020, str. 1-11)
    Type of material - e-article ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2020
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 47223555