Reducing the risk of falls among older adults: The fallproof balance and mobility program

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-156

  Rose, Debra J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FALLPROOF BALANCE AND MOBILITY PROGRAM; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION;

EID: 80051863874     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31821b1984     Document Type: Article

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