"Stops walking when talking" as a predictor of falls in people with stroke living in the community

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 994-997

  Hyndman, D ^a,b   Ashburn, A ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; STROKE; TELEPHONE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

EID: 3042833389     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.016014     Document Type: Article

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