The effect of spasticity, sense and walking aids in falls of people after chronic stroke

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 679-687

  Soyuer, Ferhan ^a   Öztürk, Ahmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fall; Sense; Spasticity; Stroke; Walking aid; Walking aid type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CANES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 34247626843     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600925860     Document Type: Article

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