An instrumented timed up and go: the added value of an accelerometer for identifying fall risk in idiopathic fallers.

A, Herman T, Plotnik M, Brozgol M, Giladi N, Hausdorff JM. Physiological Measurement, December 2011, vol./is. 32/12(2003-18), 0967-3334;1361-6579 (2011 Dec). Abstract: The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test is a widely used measure of mobility and fall risk among older adults that is typically scored using a stopwatch. We tested the hypothesis that a body-fixed […]

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