Thioridazine dose-related effects on biomechanical force platform measures of sway in young and old men

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-437

  Liu, Yan Juan ^a   Stagni, Grazia ^a   Walden, Judith G ^b   Shepherd, Alexander M M ^a   Lichtenstein, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; THIORIDAZINE; TRIAZOLAM;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FALLING; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031976815     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02462.x     Document Type: Article

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