Ankle dorsiflexion delay can predict falls in the elderly

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 278-283

  Kemoun, Gilles ^a   Thoumie, Philippe ^a   Boisson, Dominique ^a   Guieu, Jean Daniel ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier de Wattrelos   (France)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait analysis; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC CARE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 0036829970     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/165019702760390374     Document Type: Article

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