Gait abnormalities in older people - Comparison for inter-professional assessment

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 169-170

  Griffin, E ^a   Martin, M ^a   Fitzgerald, T ^a   O'Neill, Desmond ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAY HOSPITAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23744513422     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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