Balance evaluation, training and rehabilitation of frail fallers

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-99

  Hu, Ming Hsia ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEAR; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREVENTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; STANDING; TRAINING; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 0029879195     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004524     Document Type: Review

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