The Relationship of Knee and Ankle Weakness to Falls in Nursing Home Residents: An Isokinetic Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 13-20

  Whipple, R H ^a   Wolfson, L I ^a   Amerman, P M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS;

EID: 0023066619     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987.tb01313.x     Document Type: Article

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