Functional gait rehabilitation in elderly people following a fall-related hip fracture using a treadmill with visual context: Design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van Ooijen, Mariëlle W ^a,b   Roerdink, Melvyn ^a   Trekop, Marga ^c   Visschedijk, Jan ^c   Janssen, Thomas W ^a,b   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c PW Janssen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Falling; Gait adaptability; Hip fracture; Older adults; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; HIP FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84876096631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-34     Document Type: Article

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