Evaluation of balance in fallers and non-fallers elderly

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 104-109

  Müjdeci, Banu ^a   Aksoy, Songul ^b   Atas, Ahmet ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Elderly; Medicare; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869021777     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1808-8694.20120016     Document Type: Article

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