Effects of new, individually adjusted, progressive balance group training for elderly people with fear of falling and tend to fall: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1021-1031

  Halvarsson, Alexandra ^a,b   Olsson, Elisabeth ^a,b   Farén, Elin ^b   Pettersson, Anna ^a   Ståhle, Agneta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

balance; Elderly; falls efficacy; gait

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; WALKING;

EID: 80955131258     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511411937     Document Type: Article

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