Muscle strength and coordination training for prevention of falls in elderly patients;Kraft- und Koordinationstraining zur Sturzpravention im Alter

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-292

  Oster, P ^a   Hauer, K ^a   Specht, N ^a   Rost, B ^a   Baertsch, P ^b   Schlierf, G ^a  

^a Bethanien Krankenhauses Geriatrisches Zentrum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coordination training; Falls; Muscular strength

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PREVENTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031184170     PISSN: 0044281X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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