Gait and balance disorders in older adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Salzman, Brooke ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; BALANCE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANES; GAIT APRAXIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKERS;

EID: 77954693445     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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