Is functional fitness performance a useful predictor of risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults?

• Main Authors: Hsin-Hung Ho (Author), I-Yao Fang (Author), Yi-Chien Yu (Author), Yi-Ping Huang (Author), I-Ling Kuo (Author), Li-Ting Wang (Author), Ming-Chueh Tsai (Author), Shao-Hsi Chang (Author), Ming-Chun Hsueh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Falls among older adults are a serious public health problem. Many studies indicate that positive functional fitness performance decreases the risk of falls. A limited amount of previous study has investigated the association between broad functional fitness and the fall risk. Th...