Comparison of the effectiveness of two programmes on older adults at risk of falling: Unsupervised home exercise and supervised group exercise

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-283

  Donat, Hülya ^a   Özcan, Ayşe ^b,c  

^a Republic of Turkey Emekli Sandigi Narlidere Nursing Home   (Turkey)

^b School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NURSING HOMES; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33947385898     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215506069486     Document Type: Article

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