Figure 2.
Associations of Indoor Fall Rates and Postural Control Parameters. Rate ratios denoting the strength and the direction of the association between biomechanical predictors and fall rates are shown with 95% confidence intervals. If the 95% confidence bar touches the ‘null’ line of RR=1 (i.e., fall rate is the same regardless of the variable), then the predictor is not significantly associated with fall rate at p = 0.05). Multivariate models were adjusted for: age, sex, race, depression, fall history, gait speed, physical activity, ADL, neuropathy, Berg Balance Test, and incontinence. DT models were also adjusted for task ability. Each line represents a separate statistical model, using predictor variables (COMRMS: Ke: B) measured in AP and ML directions during QS and DT conditions. Larger COMRMS was associated with greater risk of indoor falls. Ke and B were not associated with indoor fall rates.
