Increased baseline sway contributes to increased losses of balance in older people following triazolam

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-304

  Robin, Deborah W ^a   Hasan, Samer S ^b   Edeki, Timi ^b   Lichtenstein, Michael J ^b   Shiavi, Richard G ^b   Wood, Alastair J J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTIGO;

EID: 0029927521     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb00919.x     Document Type: Article

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