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Recurrent Falls in People with Parkinson’s Disease without Cognitive Impairment: Focusing on Modifiable Risk Factors
- Source :
- Parkinson's Disease, Vol 2014 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2014.
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Abstract
- Falls can be considered a disabling feature in Parkinson’s disease. We aimed to identify risk factors for falling, testing simultaneously the ability of disease-specific and balance-related measures. We evaluated 171 patients, collecting demographic and clinical data, including standardized assessments with the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), activities of daily living (ADL) and motor sections, modified Hoehn and Yahr Scale, Schwab and England, eight-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire, Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale, Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), Berg Balance Scale, Dynamic Gait Index, Functional Reach, and Timed Up and Go. ROC curves were constructed to determine the cutoff scores for all measures. Variables with P 16 points (OR = 10.0; 95% CI = 3.6–28.3), FES-I > 30 points (OR = 6.0; 95% CI = 1.6–22.6), and Berg ≤ 48 points (OR = 3.9; 95% CI = 1.2–12.7).We encourage the utilization of these modifiable risk factors in the screening of fall risk.
- Subjects :
- Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20908083 and 20420080
- Volume :
- 2014
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Parkinson's Disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.35fa4ea61684fb687422657974c56a6
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/432924