A home-based multidimensional exercise program reduced physical impairment and fear of falling

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 340-350

  Delbaere, Kim ^a,b   Bourgois, J ^a   Van Den Noortgate, N ^a   Vanderstraeten, G ^a   Willems, Tine ^a   Cambier, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Falls risk; Fear of falling; Home based; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33846990563     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2006.054     Document Type: Article

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