Discriminative and Predictive Ability of Physical Performance Measures in Identifying Fall Risk among Older Adults

• Main Authors: Abu Samah, Zunaidah, Ajit Singh, Devinder Kaur, Murukesu, Resshaya Roobini, Shahar, Suzana, Mohd Nordin, Nor Azlin, Omar, Mohd Azahadi, Chin, Ai-Vyrn
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20789/; https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4711-19

Falls are a public health concern among older adults. There is a need to take significant measures such as screening for the risk of a fall as a means of prevention and management. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine discriminative and predictive ability of physical performance measur...