Influence of the length of institutionalization on older adults' postural balance and risk of falls: a transversal study

• Main Authors: Wagner Oliveira Batista (Author), Edmundo de Drummond Alves Junior (Author), Flávia Porto (Author), Fabio Dutra Pereira (Author), Rosimere Ferreira Santana (Author), Jonas Lírio Gurgel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: to ascertain the influence of the length of institutionalization on older adults' balance and risk of falls.METHOD: to evaluate the risk of falls, the Berg Balance Scale and the Timed Get Up and Go test were used; and for measuring postural balance, static stabilometry was used, with...