Gait, balance and falls - Reasons and consequences;Gang, gleichgewicht und stürze - Ursachen und konsequenzen

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 130, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 958-960

  Nikolaus, Thorsten ^a  

^a Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DEMENTIA; DROP ATTACK; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GAIT; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17644381996     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-866769     Document Type: Review

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