Understanding falls in multiple sclerosis: Association of mobility status, concerns about falling, and accumulated impairments

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 407-415

  Matsuda, Patricia Noritake ^a   Shumway Cook, Anne ^a   Ciol, Marcia A ^a   Bombardier, Charles H ^a   Kartin, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 84859182866     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100380     Document Type: Article

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