Correlates of Recurrent Falling in Independent Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-16

  Berg, William P ^a   Alessio, Helaine M ^a   Mills, Eugenia M ^a   Tong, Chen ^b  

^a Health and Sport Studies ^*  (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Eyeglasses; Falls; Locomotion; Older adults; Stability; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030895243     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899709603465     Document Type: Article

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