Do occupational therapists and physiotherapists teach elderly people how to rise after a fall?

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 254-259

  Kinn, Sue ^b   Galloway, Linda ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; TEACHING; TRAINING;

EID: 0033919496     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260006300603     Document Type: Article

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