Prevention of falls and fall-related fractures through biomechanics

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-79

  Robinovitch, Stephen N ^a,b   Hsiao, Elizabeth T ^a   Sandler, Reuben ^a   Cortez, Jeff ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Paiement, Guy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Hip fracture; Injury prevention; Mathematical modeling; Postural control; Wrist fracture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034168070     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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