The effects of a long-term care walking program on balance, falls and well-being

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dal Bello Haas, Vanina P M ^a   Thorpe, Lilian U ^b,c   Lix, Lisa M ^d   Scudds, Rhonda ^b   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term care; Longitudinal studies; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84871151817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-76     Document Type: Article

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