The effect of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug on two important predictors for accidental falls: Postural balance and manual reaction time. A randomized, controlled pilot study

Human Movement Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 384-395

  Hegeman, Judith ^a,b   Nienhuis, Bart ^a   van den Bemt, Bart ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,c   van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^a,d  

^a St Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Fall risk; Indomethacin; Manual reaction time; NSAIDs; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FALLING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79955092322     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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