Falls and gait disturbances from neurologic disease in old age;Gangstorungen und Sturze aus neurologischer Sicht

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-266

  Vieregge, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Fall; Gait; Neurology

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REVIEW; WALKING SPEED; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GAIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GAIT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031184169     PISSN: 0044281X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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