作者
Teresa Y Liu-Ambrose, Maureen C Ashe, Peter Graf, B Lynn Beattie, Karim M Khan
发表日期
2008/12/1
期刊
Physical therapy
卷号
88
期号
12
页码范围
1482-1491
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
Falls are a major health care problem for older people and are associated with cognitive dysfunction. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an increasingly recognized clinical problem. No study has comprehensively compared people with and without MCI for fall risk factors in both the physiological and cognitive domains.
Objective
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to comprehensively compare fall risk factors in community-dwelling older women with and without MCI.
Design
A cross-sectional design was used in the study.
Methods
Community-dwelling women (N=158) with Folstein Mini Mental State Examination scores of ≥24 participated in the study. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was used to categorize participants as either having or not having MCI. Each participant's fall risk profile was assessed with …
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