Development of an objective balance assessment method for purposes of telemonitoring and telerehabilitation in elderly population

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-266

  Matjačić, Zlatko ^a   Bohinc, Klemen ^b   Cikajlo, Imre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Telerehabilitiation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBJECTIVE BALANCE ASSESSMENT METHOD; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SENESCENCE; STANDING; STUDENT T TEST; TELEMONITORING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 72949123464     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280902943215     Document Type: Article

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