One-leg standing test for elderly populations

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 675-685

  Michikawa, Takehiro ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Takebayashi, Toru ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FALLING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL AMBULATION DISABILITY SYMPTOM COMPLEX; ONE LEG STANDING; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 70349687479     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-009-1371-6     Document Type: Review

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