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Gait disorders are associated with non-cardiovascular falls in elderly people: a preliminary study

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Title
Gait disorders are associated with non-cardiovascular falls in elderly people: a preliminary study
Published in
BMC Geriatrics, December 2005
DOI 10.1186/1471-2318-5-15
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Authors

Manuel Montero-Odasso, Marcelo Schapira, Gustavo Duque, Enrique R Soriano, Roberto Kaplan, Luis A Camera

Abstract

The association between unexplained falls and cardiovascular causes is increasingly recognized. Neurally mediated cardiovascular disorders and hypotensive syndromes are found in almost 20 percent of the patients with unexplained falls. However, the approach to these patients remains unclear. Gait assessment might be an interesting approach to these patients as clinical observations suggests that those with cardiovascular or hypotensive causes may not manifest obvious gait alterations. Our primary objective is to analyze the association between gait disorders and a non-cardiovascular cause of falls in patients with unexplained falls. A second objective is to test the sensitivity and specificity of a gait assessment approach for detecting non-cardiovascular causes when compared with intrinsic-extrinsic classification.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 67 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 18%
Researcher 10 15%
Student > Master 9 13%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 14 21%
Unknown 13 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 13%
Engineering 8 12%
Neuroscience 5 7%
Computer Science 3 4%
Other 11 16%
Unknown 19 28%
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#7,453,827
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#1,752
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#2
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