Improving balance control and self-reported lower extremity function in community-dwelling older adults: A randomized control trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-206

  Melzer, Itshak ^a,b   Oddsson, Lars I E ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; balance; dual task interference; falls; stabilogram diffusion analysis; step execution

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURAL BALANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873935282     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512450295     Document Type: Article

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