Feasibility and Outcomes of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Improving Balance and Gait Stability in Women With Lower-Limb Osteoarthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-114

  Williams, Susan B ^a   Brand, Caroline A ^a,d   Hill, Keith D ^a,b,c   Hunt, Susan B ^a   Moran, Helen ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Exercise; Postural balance; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 73249122489     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.150     Document Type: Article

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