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. 2022 Feb 4;22(1):85–95. doi: 10.1007/s12311-021-01365-1

Table 3.

Outcomes form prospective fall assessment

Proportion of fallers Fall events

Healthy subjects

N = 56

Cerebellar disorders

N = 80

Healthy subjects

N = 9 falls

Cerebellar disorders

N = 313

N % N % N % N %
Fall epidemiology
No falls 47 84 28 36
Occasional fall 9 16 18 23 9 100 18 6
Frequent falls 0 0 34 41 0 0 295 94
Chi2 < 0.001 Chi2 < 0.001
Fall severity (HFGS) N = 18 N = 925
1 4 31 10 14 9 50 612 66
2 5 38 44 63 5 20 293 32
3 4 31 14 18 4 22 16 2
4 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 0
Chi2 < 0.001 Chi2 < 0.001

Information on falls epidemiology on considers actual fall events (excluding near-fall events). Information on falls severity considers both fall and near-fall events

HFGS, Hopkins falls grading scale