Falls in institutionalized elderly people: general characteristics, determinant factors and relationship with handgrip strength;Quedas em idosos institucionalizados: Características gerais, fatores determinantes e relações com a força de preensão manual

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Rebelatto, José Rubens ^a   De Castro, Alessandra Paiva ^a   Chan, Aline ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Institutionalization; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548744050     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522007000300006     Document Type: Article

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