Effects of Mild and Severe Knee Joint Pain on the Frequency of Falls and Fall Risk in Elderly Females
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50934#.VFCBKFfHRK0 Author(s) Hiroki Sugiura 1* , Shinichi Demura 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Industrial Business and Engineering, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui, Japan . 2 Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan . ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine differences in the frequency of falls during the past year and fall risk among 392 elderly females was categorized into five groups on the basis of the knee pain expe-rienced: no knee pain, mild unilateral knee pain, mild bilateral knee pain, severe unilateral knee pain, and severe bilateral knee pain. The subjects part...