Risk of fall for people with diabetes

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1975-1980

  Chau, Rosanna M W ^a,b   Ng, Thomas K W ^a,b   Kwan, Rachel L C ^a   Choi, Cheung Hei ^c   Cheing, Gladys L Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b KOWLOON HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balance; Diabetes; Falls; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 84886431041     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.770079     Document Type: Article

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