Assessing the balance capabilities of people with profound intellectual disabilities who have experienced a fall

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 260-268

  Hale, L ^a,c   Bray, A ^b   Littmann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Donald Beasley Institute   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Intellectual disability; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STABILOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847687168     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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