title: Hemispheric white matter lesions in the elderly prone to falling.
abstract: Brain computed tomography studies of two groups of elderly (mean age 83.3 years, SE 1.7) with no neurologic diagnoses were compared. Sixteen of the subjects were non-fallers and the remaining 17 had frequent unexplained falls. The group of fallers had a significantly greater degree of white-matter hypodensity of the elderly (Student's t-test = 2.7, p less than 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Masdeu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lantos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolfson
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed