Correlation between balance and the level of functional independence among elderly people;correlação entre o equilíbrio e o nível de independência funcional em idosos

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-101

  Prata, Melina Galetti ^a   Scheicher, Marcos Eduardo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Independent living; Movement; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84859463024     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802012000200005     Document Type: Article

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