Defining and Measuring Balance in Adults

Biological Research For Nursing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-331

  Yim Chiplis, Paula K ^a   Talbot, Laura A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; balance assessment; postural balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034173390     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109980040000100408     Document Type: Article

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