A group intervention to reduce fall risk factors in community-dwelling older adults

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Hakim, Renée M ^a   Newton, Roberta A ^b   Segal, Jay ^c   DuCette, Joseph P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Department of Physical Therapy   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Fall risk; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAI CHI;

EID: 19244365375     PISSN: 02703181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J148v22n01_01     Document Type: Article

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