A review of balance and gait capacities in relation to falls in persons with intellectual disability

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 291-306

  Enkelaar, Lotte ^a   Smulders, Ellen ^a   van Schrojenstein Lantman de Valk, Henny ^b   Geurts, Alexander C H ^a   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Exercise interventions; Falls; Gait; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFESPAN; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STABILOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; GAIT; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 81255127393     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.08.028     Document Type: Review

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