Obstacle avoidance in persons with rheumatoid arthritis walking on a treadmill

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 779-785

  Smulders, Ellen ^a,b   Schreven, Chantal ^a   Van Lankveld, Wim ^a,c   Duysens, Jacques ^a,b,d   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,b,e  

^a Research   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KU Leuven ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Falls; Gait; Obstacle avoidance; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; WALKING;

EID: 72949096307     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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