Functional tools for assessing balance and gait impairments

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-83

  Anemaet, Wendy K ^a   Moffa Trotter, Michelle E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Balance; Function; Functional assessment instruments; Gait; Geriatrics; Tests and measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; WALKING AID;

EID: 0032855648     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-199909000-00007     Document Type: Review

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