Falls in stroke patients: Risk factors and risk management

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 216-219

  Tsur, Atzmon ^a   Segal, Zvi ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Falls; Rehabilitation; Risk factors; Risk management; Stroke patients

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BATH; BED; BLINDNESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG USE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE TONE; PARALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TIME; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE;

EID: 77951931539     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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