The influence of neck pain on balance and gait parameters in community-dwelling elders

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-324

  Poole, Eliza ^a   Treleaven, Julia ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Neck pain; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NECK PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 45249083198     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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