Association between disease-related factors and balance and falls among the elderly with COPD: A cross-sectional study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 372-377

  Ozalevli, Sevgi ^a   Ilgin, Duygu ^a   Narin, Selnur ^a   Akkoclu, Atilla ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Balance; COPD; Dyspnea; Elderly; Fall; Hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALKING TEST; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MANUAL MUSCLE TEST; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RATING SCALE; TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 84861959883     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325235     Document Type: Article

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