Long-term effects of new progressive group balance training for elderly people with increased risk of falling - A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 450-458

  Halvarsson, Alexandra ^a,b   Franzén, Erika ^a,b   Farén, Elin ^b   Olsson, Elisabeth ^a   Oddsson, Lars ^c   Ståhle, Agneta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; elderly; falls efficacy; gait

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME;

EID: 84876903931     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512462908     Document Type: Article

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