To assess the relationship between the lower extremity muscle forces and risk of falls among the elderly who were using day-care services in the long-term care insurance system.
Lower-extremity muscle forces measured by a hand-held dynamometer and the risk of falls among day-care users in Japan: using multinomial logistic regression analysis.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. koh-t@ngs1.cncm.ne.jp