Functional assessment of balance and gait

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 705-723

  Berg, K ^a   Norman, K E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STANDING; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0029852794     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30197-6     Document Type: Review

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