Independent static balance training contributes to increased stability and functional capacity in community-dwelling elderly people: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Jacobson, Bert H ^a   Thompson, Brennan ^a   Wallace, Tia ^a   Brown, Lynn ^a   Rial, Christina ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Exercise; Falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 80052645323     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215510392390     Document Type: Article

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