Falls in a rehabilitation setting: Functional independence and fall risk

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-184

  Saverino, A ^a,b   Benevolo, E ^a   Ottonello, M ^a   Zsirai, E ^a   Sessarego, P ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Rehabilitation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; REHABILITATION CARE; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33845935583     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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