Balance, gait, falls, and fear of falling in women with the hypermobility type of ehlers-danlos syndrome

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1432-1439

  Rombaut, Lies ^a   Malfait, Fransiska ^b   De Wandele, Inge ^a   Thijs, Youri ^a   Palmans, Tanneke ^a   De Paepe, Anne ^b   Calders, Patrick ^a  

^a University and Artevelde University College   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TEST OF SENSORY INTERACTION ON BALANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; RATING SCALE; TANDEM STANCE TEST; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255178533     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20557     Document Type: Article

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