Is leg muscle strength correlated with functional balance and mobility among inpatients in geriatric rehabilitation?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hasselgren, Låtta ^a   Olsson, Lillemor Lundin ^b   Nyberg, Lars ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional balance; Hospital care of elderly patients; Leg muscle strength; Mobility; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SITTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 79953111840     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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