Patterns, Predictors, and Outcomes of Falls Trajectories in Older Adults: The MOBILIZE Boston Study with 5 Years of Follow-Up

Achille E. Tchalla; Alyssa B. Dufour; Thomas G. Travison; Daniel Habtemariam; Ikechukwu Iloputaife; Brad Manor; Lewis A. Lipsitz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106363

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Patterns, Predictors, and Outcomes of Falls Trajectories in Older Adults: The MOBILIZE Boston Study with 5 Years of Follow-Up

Achille E. Tchalla,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital Center of Limoges, University of Limoges; EA 6310 HAVAE (Disability, Activity, Aging, Autonomy and Environment), Limoges, France
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Alyssa B. Dufour,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Thomas G. Travison,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel Habtemariam,

Affiliation Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ikechukwu Iloputaife,

Affiliation Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Brad Manor,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lewis A. Lipsitz

* E-mail: lipsitz@hsl.harvard.edu

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Patterns, Predictors, and Outcomes of Falls Trajectories in Older Adults: The MOBILIZE Boston Study with 5 Years of Follow-Up

Achille E. Tchalla,
Alyssa B. Dufour,
Thomas G. Travison,
Daniel Habtemariam,
Ikechukwu Iloputaife,
Brad Manor,
Lewis A. Lipsitz

Published: September 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106363

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