Falls and injury prevention should be part of every stroke rehabilitation plan

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-451

  Mackintosh, Shylie F H ^a,b   Hill, K ^c   Dodd, K J ^a   Goldie, P ^a   Culham, E ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SHOES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 19144372149     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr796oa     Document Type: Article

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