Use of the POMA in our environment to evaluate balance in gait in a population of community-dwelling elderly individuals;Utilización del POMA en nuestro medio para la valoración del equilibrio y la marcha en una población de personas mayores residentes en la comunidad

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 36-44

  Salva A ^a   Bolibar, I ^a   Lucas, R ^a   Rojano Luque, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Fall; Gait; Geriatric Assessment; POMA; Tinetti test

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

EID: 29844450774     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(05)75084-8     Document Type: Article

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