Timed Up and Go, gait speed, and grip strength: associations and discriminative performance for falls in community-dwelling older adults - results from the KORA-age study

Authors

Ralf Schmidmaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-3588)
Margit Heier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-7566)
Barbara Thorand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8416-6440)
Uta Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-5721)
Michael Drey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-9672)
Marie‐Theres Huemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4329-8607)
Sebastian Martini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3663-9239)
Annette Peters
Canan Marcon

Institutions

University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
LMU Klinikum (DE)
German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (DE)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)

Publication Details

Journal: BMC Geriatrics
Published: 2026-11-06
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-08627-9
Primary Topic: Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Type: article
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Timed Up and Go, gait speed, and grip strength: associations and discriminative performance for falls in community-dwelling older adults - results from the KORA-age study

Ralf Schmidmaier, Margit Heier, Barbara Thorand, Uta Ferrari et al.

Nov 6, 2026

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BMC Geriatrics

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

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Timed Up and Go, gait speed, and grip strength: associations and discriminative performance for falls in community-dwelling older adults - results from the KORA-age study

Ralf Schmidmaier, Margit Heier, Barbara Thorand, Uta Ferrari, Michael Drey, Marie‐Theres Huemer, Sebastian Martini, Annette Peters, Canan Marcon

November 6, 2026article en

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BMC Geriatrics

University Hospital Augsburg (DE), Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE), LMU Klinikum (DE), German Center for Diabetes Research (DE), Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (DE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)

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