The relationship between range of movement, flexibility, and balance in the elderly

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-155

  Chiacchiero, Michael ^a   Dresely, Bethany ^a   Silva, Udani ^a   DeLosReyes, Ramone ^a   Vorik, Boris ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Falls; Flexibility; Passive range of motion

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE;

EID: 77952936218     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TGR.0b013e3181e854bc     Document Type: Article

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