The use of balance training in elderly people with falls

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-161

  Overstall, P W ^a  

^a HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; DIZZINESS; EXERCISE; FALLING; FOOT; GAIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REFLEX; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; STANDING; SYNCOPE; VELOCITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

EID: 2442564476     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259803013273     Document Type: Review

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