Clinical factors associated with gait alterations in diabetic patients

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1003-1009

  Allet, L ^a,b   Armand, S ^a,c   De Bie, R A ^b   Golay, A ^a   Pataky, Z ^a   Aminian, K ^d   De Bruin, E D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Prevention; Testing; Therapy; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FALLING; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349507678     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02811.x     Document Type: Article

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