A combination of clinical balance measures and FRAX® to improve identification of high-risk fallers

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficients between balance measures and FRAX® osteoporotic and FRAX® hip fracture scores

Balance measures	Frax®_osteo	Frax®_hip
Five times sit to stand	0.01	0.04
Tandem stance eyes open	−0.32^a	−0.34^a
Tandem stance eyes closed	−0.43^a	−0.44^a
Standing one leg eyes open	−0.50^a	−0.49^a
Standing one leg eyes closed	−0.59^a	−0.61^a
Walking heel to toe	0.42^a	0.42^a
Walking in a figure of eight	0.51^a	0.50^a
Walking as fast as possible for 30 m	0.40^a	0.40^a

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