Effect of additional functional exercises on balance in elderly people

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-121

  de Bruin, Eling D ^a,b   Murer, Kurt ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847255319     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215506070144     Document Type: Article

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