Factors affecting sample selection in a randomized trial of balance enhancement: The FICSIT study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-382

  Pacala, James T ^a   Judge, James Oat ^b   Boult, Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0029976265     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06405.x     Document Type: Article

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