The role of podiatry in the prevention of falls in older people: A JAPMA special issue

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 452-456

  Najafi, Bijan ^a   de Bruin, Eling D ^b   Reeves, Neil D ^c   Armstrong, David G ^a   Menz, Hylton B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PODIATRY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROLE PLAYING; SHOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PODIATRY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROLE; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889077961     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1030452     Document Type: Editorial

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