Fibromyalgia is associated with impaired balance and falls

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-21

  Jones, Kim D ^a   Horak, Fay B ^a   Winters Stone, Kerri ^a   Irvine, Jessica Morea ^a   Bennett, Robert M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM TEST; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66749141580     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318190f991     Document Type: Article

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