Falls in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-225

  Facchinetti, L D ^a   Araujo A Q ^a   Chequer, G L ^a   De Azevedo, M F ^a   De Oliveira, R V C ^a   Lima, M A ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

fall risk; HTLV I associated myelopathy; tropical spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; VIRUS LOAD; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874657425     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.134     Document Type: Article

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