Falls of female patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases - Assessment of potential risk factors and individual ability to cope after an accident fall

New Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Zak, Marek ^a   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Falls; Hypertension; Physical rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1842664454     PISSN: 14270994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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