A clinical test of stepping and change of direction to identify multiple falling older adults

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1566-1571

  Dite, Wayne ^a   Temple, Viviene A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidentals falls; Balance; Elderly; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; GAIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STANDING; STROKE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WALKING AID;

EID: 0036845087     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.35469     Document Type: Article

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