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The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): A Quick and Useful Tool for Fall Risk Stratification Among Older Primary Care Patients

Sarah A. Welch, Rachel E. Ward, Marla Beauchamp, Suzanne G. Leveille, Thomas G. Travison, Jonathan F. Bean

2020Journal of the American Medical Directors Association258 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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MedicineConfidence intervalPhysical therapyBalance (ability)Poison controlProspective cohort studyInterquartile rangeCohortInjury preventionCohort studyDemographyGerontologySurgeryEmergency medicineInternal medicineSociologyBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionProsthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsInjury Epidemiology and Prevention