Balance concerns in the elderly: Real or imaginary?

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Yang, Xiao Jing ^a,b   Hill, Keith ^a,c   Moore, Kirsten ^a   Williams, Sue ^a   Dowson, Leslie ^a   Borschmann, Karen ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Early diagnosis; Elderly; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84855438230     PISSN: 22108335     EISSN: 22108343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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