Risk factors for falls in post-stroke patients treated in a neurorehabilitation ward

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Czernuszenko, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Falls; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLAND; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847781115     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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