Assessment of balance and risk for falls in a sample of community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hawk, Cheryl ^a,c   Hyland, John K ^b   Rupert, Ronald ^b   Colonvega, Makasha ^b   Hall, Stephanie ^b  

^a Cleveland Chiropractic College Kansas City   (United States)

^b Parker College of Chiropractic   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHIROPRACTIC; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33646412085     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-3     Document Type: Article

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