Postural control and strength and mood among older adults

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Topp, Robert ^a   Estes, Paula Kay ^b   Dayhoff, Nancy ^c   Suhrheinrich, Joy ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b St Francis Healthcare Centers   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031064358     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(97)80034-1     Document Type: Article

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