Balance Interventions to Prevent Falls

Generations

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Berg, Katherine Olga ^a,b   Kairy, Dahlia ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0038891673     PISSN: 07387806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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