The relationship between the subjective risk rating of specific tasks and falls in frail elderly people

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Suzukawa, Megumi ^a,b   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^c   Tamura, Masato ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^c   Inoue, Nobuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tsukui Corporation   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Day care service; Falls

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051535255     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.23.425     Document Type: Article

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