Guidelines for clinical applications of spatio-temporal gait analysis in older adults

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-176

  Kressig, Reto W ^a,b   Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b   Anders, Jennifer ^b   Feipel, Veronique ^b   Freiberger, Ellen ^b   Fruehwald, Thomas ^b   Geser, Claudine ^b   Helbostad, Jorunn ^b   Holm, Inger ^b   Jamour, Michael ^b   Lindemann, Ulrich ^b   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^b   Moe Nilssen, Rolf ^b   Pils, Katharina ^b   Van der Cammen, Tischa ^b   Van Iersel, Marianne ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Falls; Gait analysis; Guidelines; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; WALKING AID;

EID: 33744827114     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327437     Document Type: Article

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