Relationship between dynamic balance measures and functional performance in community-dwelling elderly people

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 748-760

  Desai, Ankur ^a   Goodman, Valerie ^b   Kapadia, Naaz ^c   Shay, Barbara L ^d   Szturm, Tony ^d  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Geriatric Day Hospital   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77952396890     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090100     Document Type: Article

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