Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2309-2315 , December 2008

Predicting Which Older Adults Will or Will Not Fall Using the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale

Presented to the American College of Sports Medicine, June 1, 2007, New Orleans, LA.

  • Danielle Hernandez, MS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Danielle Hernandez, MS, Center for Successful Aging, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, KHS-241, Fullerton, CA 92832
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  • Debra J. Rose, PhD

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 Supported by the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence (Archstone grant no. 05-01-11).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Published online November 1, 2008 at www.archives-pmr.org.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00832-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.020

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2309-2315 , December 2008

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