Physiological risk factors for falls in people with knee osteoarthritis before and early after knee replacement surgery

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1082-1089

  Levinger, Pazit ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^a   Wee, Elin ^a   Feller, Julian A ^a   Bartlett, John R ^b   Bergman, Neil R ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Warringal Private Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Falls risk; Knee osteoarthritis; Knee replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958833274     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1325-8     Document Type: Article

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