Short Berg Balance Scale, BBS-9, as a predictor of fall risk among the aged – a prospective 12-month follow-up study

: a prospective 12-month follow-up study

: Hohtari-Kivimaki U, Salminen M, Vahlberg T, Kivela SL

Publisher: SPRINGER

: 2013

: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

: AGING CLIN EXP RES

: 6

: 25

: 6

: 645

: 650

: 6

: 1594-0667

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-013-0159-x

Conclusions BBS-9 with the cut-off score of 32/33 together with data on vision and the number of regularly used drugs predicted moderately the risk of falling among the community-dwelling aged.