The functional reach test for balance: Strategies of elderly subjects with and without disequilibrium

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-52

  Light, Kathye E ^a,d   Rose, Dorian K ^b   Purser, Jama L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STANDING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0029926599     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/J148v14n01_03     Document Type: Article

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