Diagnosing fall risk in the elderly

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 351-358

  Runge, Martin ^a  

^a Aerpah Kliniken Esslingen/Ilshofen   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE STRENGTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEAR; GAIT DISORDER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LEG; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDING; SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WRIST FRACTURE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036324378     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.59.7.351     Document Type: Article

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