Postural stability and quality of life after guided and self-training among older adults residing in an institutional setting

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1237-1246

  Tuunainen, Eeva ^a   Rasku, Jyrki ^a   Jäntti, Pirkko ^b   Moisio Vilenius, Päivi ^c   Mäkinen, Erja ^c   Toppila, Esko ^d   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Tampere City Hospital   (Finland)

^c Koukkuniemi Residential Home   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Falls; Force and balance training; Psychological consequences; Time domain body sway analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STABILOGRAPHY;

FALLS; FORCE AND BALANCE TRAINING; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; TIME-DOMAIN BODY SWAY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84884558494     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S47690     Document Type: Article

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