The basics of balance and falls

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 436-439

  Wallmann, Harvey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Balance; Equilibrium; Factors; Falls; Movement; Posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350132203     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822309337189     Document Type: Article

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