Preserved effectiveness of a falls prevention exercise program after implementation in daily clinical practice

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2162-2164

  Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,b   Smulders, Ellen ^a   Rijken, Hennie ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^a,c  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COORDINATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; LETTER; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 70350442971     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02531.x     Document Type: Letter

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