Fall events among people with stroke living in the community: Circumstances of falls and characteristics of fallers

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-170

  Hyndman, Dorit ^a   Ashburn, Ann ^a   Stack, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Activities of daily living; Cerebrovascular accident; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE DURATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDING; STROKE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WALKING;

EID: 0036161669     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.28030     Document Type: Article

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