The effectiveness of physiotherapy to enable an elderly person to get up from the floor: A single case study

Physiotherapy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Adams, Jacqueline MG ^b   Tyson, Sarah ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Backward chaining; Elder rehabilitation; Falls; Getting up from the floor; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033825183     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60962-5     Document Type: Article

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