Fall incidence in frail older women after individualized visual feedback-based balance training

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 411-416

  Sihvonen, Sanna ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a   Taskinen, Sara ^a   Era, Pertti ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

Author keywords

Balance training; Falls; Fear of falling; Frail elderly; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAINING; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 5644256866     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080180     Document Type: Article

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