Increased gait unsteadiness in community-dwelling elderly failers

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 278-283

  Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a   Edelberg, Helen K ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b   Goldberger, Ary L ^a   Wei, Jeanne Y ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0030935591     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90034-4     Document Type: Article

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