Gait unsteadiness and fall risk in two affective disorders: A preliminary study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Peng, Chung Kang ^a   Goldberger, Ary L ^a   Stoll, Andrew L ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING SPEED; AGE; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 12944281496     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-4-39     Document Type: Article

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