Polypharmacy, defined as the use of five or more medications, has been repeatedly linked to fall incidence, and recently it was cross‐sectionally associated with gait disturbances. Our objectives were to… Click to show full abstract
Polypharmacy, defined as the use of five or more medications, has been repeatedly linked to fall incidence, and recently it was cross‐sectionally associated with gait disturbances. Our objectives were to evaluate cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations between polypharmacy and gait performance in a well‐established clinic‐based cohort study. We also assessed whether gait impairments could mediate associations between number of medications and fall incidence.
Keywords:
polypharmacy gait;
study;
gait performance;
gait
Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2019
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