Correlation between static balance and functional autonomy in elderly women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-114

  de Noronha Ribeiro Daniel, Fernanda ^a   de Souza Vale, Rodrigo Gomes ^a   Giani, Tania Santos ^a,b   Bacellar, Silvia ^c   Escobar, Tatiane ^a   Stoutenberg, Mark ^d   Dantas, Estélio Henrique Martin ^a  

^a Universidade Castelo Branco   (Brazil)

^b ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Balance; Postural stability of the elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BAROPODOMETER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SITTING; STABILOGRAPHY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 78649688392     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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