Clinical characteristics of flexed posture in elderly women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1419-1426

  Balzini, Lara ^a   Vannucchi, Luca ^a   Benvenuti, Francesco ^a   Benucci, Maurizio ^b   Monni, Mileno ^c   Cappozzo, Aurelio ^d   Stanhope, Steven J ^e  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b Unitá Operativa di Riabilitazione   (Italy)

^c Poliambulatorio   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Kyphosis; Osteoporosis; Posture

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MINERAL; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; ITALY; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING INDEX; PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0141923673     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51460.x     Document Type: Article

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