Exploring the relationship between timed up and go test times and falls in an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit: a retrospective case-control study - Struble-Fitzsimmons D, Pinto Zipp G, DeLuca D, Zhang N.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Inpatient geriatric psychiatry units have the highest fall rates in the acute care setting and most falls in this population occur during the mobility tasks of transfers and ambulation. The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test includes these ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news