Diagnostic accuracy of fall risk assessment tools in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1461-1470

  Jernigan, Stephen D ^a   Pohl, Patricia S ^b   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^a   Kluding, Patricia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84868599786     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120070     Document Type: Article

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