Two-Item Fall Screening Tool Identifies Older Adults at Increased Risk of Falling after Emergency Department Visit
Introduction: Few emergency department (ED)-specific fall-risk screening tools exist. The goals of this study were to externally validate Tiedemann et al’s two-item, ED-specific fall screening tool and test handgrip strength to determine their ability to predict future falls. We hypothesized that bo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6wc4617n |