Comparison of functional reach in fallers and nonfallers in an independent retirement community

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Franzen, Holly ^a   Hunter, Heather ^a   Landreth, Christina ^a,b   Beling, Janna ^a   Greenberg, Marcia ^a   Canfield, Judith ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physical Therapy Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Balance assessment; Elderly; Falls; Functional reach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032449091     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148V15N04_03     Document Type: Article

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