Predicting the probability of falls in community dwelling persons with brain injury: A pilot study

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1403-1408

  Medley, Ann ^a   Thompson, Mary ^a   French, Jennifer ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pate Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Fall prevention; Musculo skeletal equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN INJURY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; WALKING AID;

EID: 33847216552     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050601082057     Document Type: Article

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