Older people's perceptions of a multifaceted podiatric medical intervention to prevent falls

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 457-464

  Menz, Hylton B ^a   Spink, Martin J ^b   Landorf, Karl B ^a   Hill, Keith D ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PODIATRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT ORTHOSES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PODIATRY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889010703     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030457     Document Type: Article

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