Selected Tools for Assessing the Risk of Falls in Older Women

Table 2

Results of selected tests divided into groups.

Tests	Fallers			Nonfallers
	Mini	Max		Min	Max
	OSI EO	0.20	1.40		0.1	1.1			0.053
APSI EO	0.1	1.1		0.1	0.90		0.294
MLSI EO	0.1	0.60		0.00	0.70		0.0118
OSI EC	0.70	3.10		0.50	2.40		0.061
APSI EC	0.50	2.10		0.30	2.10		0.514
MLSI EC	0.20	2.10		0.10	1.50		0.005
FRT	3.00	38.00		13	38		0.0015
TUG	5.51	31.5		4.98	15.0		0.0068

Fallers: participants with a fall incident in the last year; nonfallers: participants without a fall incident in the last year; EO: eyes open; EC: eyes closed; OSI: overall stability index; APSI: anterior-posterior stability index; MLSI: medial-lateral stability index; FRT: Functional Reach Test; TUG: Timed Up and Go.